Abandoned part 1
Sholom Asch (1880—1957)
Sholom Asch (or Ash) was born in Poland, and is to-day regarded as one of the most gifted of recent Yiddish writers....
The Passover Guest part 4
And with these words my father sighs deeply, and my mother, as she looks at him, sighs also, and I cannot understand the reason....
The Passover Guest part 3
Having learned his name, my father was anxious to know whence, from what land he came. I understood this from the names of countries...
The Passover Guest part 2
Mother is taken up with the preparations for the Passover meal, and Rikel the maid is helping her. It is only when the time...
The Passover Guest part 1
Sholom Aleichem (Sholorn Rabinovitch) (1859-1916)
Rabinovitch, known everywhere by his pseudonym, Sholom Aleichem, was born in Russia. He is one of the most beloved figures...
The Easter Torch Part 8
The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had dis-appeared,...
The Easter Torch Part 7
In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim...
The Easter Torch Part 6
His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried...
The Easter Torch Part 5
Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with...
The Easter Torch Part 4
What followed must have undoubtedly filled the driver with respect. The young passengers were two students, one of philosophy, the other of medicine; they...
