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by: Kadia Molodowsky, Kathryn Hellerstein
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.113
EAN: 9780814327180
ISBN: 0814327184
Label: Wayne State University Press
Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 543
Publication Date: 1999-06
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Sales Rank: 1005420
Studio: Wayne State University Press
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Rating:  - A voice of the Jewish people
Kadya Molodowsky contributed for over half a century her part in that 'Paper Bridge' she hoped would be the redemption of the Jewish people.In Kiev in Warsaw in New York and in Eretz Yisrael she wrote a poetry which at one stage focused on the poor and homeless of the Jewish people,at another on the woman's role in traditional Judaism, and still later on their situation in the wake of the 'Shoah'. Her most famous poem admirably translated here by Kathryn Hellerstein " Lord of Mercy" is a fierce ironic ... Read More
Rating:  - A small gem of yiddish poetry in translation
Known mostly for her chidren's poems, Molodowsky was also editor for more than 30 years of a Yiddish magazine in New York, named Surroundings. Among the poems in this collection is the memorable "Merciful God," written after World War II where she laments the pain and price of the "chosen people" who have no more left to give. She ends "And do us one more favor: Merciful God, deprive us of the Divine presence of genius."
A niche book of poetry, but a fine one that is very accessible to readers, ... Read More
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