- Summary
- "Rivke Zilberg, a 20-year-old Jewish woman, arrives in New York shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland, her home country. Struggling to learn a new language and cope with a different way of life in the United States, Rivke finds herself keeping a journal about the challenges and opportunities of this new land. In her attempt to find a new life as a Jewish immigrant in the US, Rivke shares the stories of losing her mother to a bombing in Lublin, jilting a fiancé who has made his way to Palestine, and a flirtatious relationship with an American 'allrightnik.' In this fictionalized journal originally published in Yiddish, author Kadya Molodovsy provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York. By depicting one woman's struggles as a Jewish refugee in the US during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place"-- Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Fun Lublin biz Nyu Yorḳ. English
- Series
- The modern Jewish experience
Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Molodowsky, Kadia, 1894-1975, author.
- Published
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- Locale
- Poland
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
- Contents
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Introduction / Anita Norich
A Jewish Refugee in New York: Rivke Zilberg's Journal / A novel by Kadya Molodovsky
- Other Authors/Editors
- Norich, Anita, 1952- translator.
- Notes
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"A novel"--Cover.
Translation of: Fun Lublin biz Nyu Yorḳ : ṭog-bukh fun Rivḳe Zilberg. Translated from the Yiddish.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Anita Norich -- A Jewish Refugee in New York: Rivke Zilberg's Journal / A novel by Kadya Molodovsky
Translated from the Yiddish.
