Word: yiddish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year-old novelist read from his unpublished memoirs about the Yiddish Writing Club in Poland and from his short story, "The Enemy...
Born in Poland, Singer emigrated to the United States in 1935 and now lives in Florida. The 1978 Nobel Laureate has written more than a dozen books in his native Yiddish and subsequently translated them into English...
Although he said he is pessimistic about the future of Yiddish, Singer added that "for Jews, miracles are a law of nature...
...pass that question for the moment and ask what went right. There is a lovely moment when the bearded, black-suited Wilder, who has just been beaten and robbed, sees some Amish farmers, mistakes them for Jews and rushes toward them, rejoicing at the top of his voice in Yiddish. Another piece of superior nuttiness has Wilder trying, and utterly failing, to suppress his gabby, questioning nature at supper among the silent monks of a Trappist monastery...
...character with one buttock and Yiddish mannerisms would be hard-pressed not to get laughs, but Ellingson deserves all she gets for her animated performance...