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Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press

Title
Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press / Eddy Portnoy.
Author
Portnoy, Eddy
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]

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Description
x, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Series Statement
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Uniform Title
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subject
  • Yiddish newspapers > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Yiddish newspapers > Poland > Warsaw > History
  • Jewish newspapers > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Jewish newspapers > Poland > Warsaw > History
  • Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
  • Jews > Poland > Warsaw > Social life and customs
  • Jewish newspapers
  • Jews > Social life and customs
  • Yiddish newspapers
  • New York (State) > New York
  • Poland > Warsaw
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a brief and not entirely uncomplicated history of the Yiddish press -- Jewish abortion technician -- The Hebrew girl murderer of East New York -- The Jewish Mahatma -- The great tonsil riot of 1906 -- Rivington Street's wheel of (mis)fortune -- Yom Kippur battle royale -- Attack of the Yiddish journalists -- Suicide Jews -- Battle at the bris -- Urke Nachalnik : fine young criminal -- The strange case of Gimel Kuper, mystery journalist -- Semitic beauty drives Jews wild : film at eleven -- Ever fallen in love with someone (you shouldn't have fallen in love with)? -- My Yiddishe divorce -- Shomer fucking Shabbos -- 625-pound Jews and other oddities -- Bad rabbi : bigamy, blackmail, and the Radimner rebbetzin -- You think you've got troubles? : stories from Warsaw's Yiddish crime blotter.
Call Number
JFE 17-10079
ISBN
  • 9780804797610
  • 0804797617
  • 9781503604117
  • 150360411X
LCCN
2017013491
OCLC
980346751
Author
Portnoy, Eddy, author.
Title
Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press / Eddy Portnoy.
Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Portnoy, Eddy. Bad rabbi. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017 9781503603974 (DLC) 2017015553
Research Call Number
JFE 17-10079
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