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How the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade’s last novel was rescued from the archives, and wrestled into print

JL;DR SUMMARY The long-awaited publication of Chaim Grade's last novel, "Sons and Daughters," marks a significant moment in Yiddish literature. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureJewish HistoryJewish IdentityJewish HeritageFamily DynamicsTranslationModernityYivo InstituteChaim Grade20th Century Literature

Places mentioned

Vilna, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Rabbis and Wives, drawing on his memories of the pious, Jewish, vanished Vilna of his youth appeared in English only the year he died."
Bronx, New York, United States
"to the cluttered rooms of his Bronx apartment to the limbo of probate law."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"material uncovered by Yehuda Zirkind, a graduate student at Tel Aviv University"
Switzerland
"One son has fled to Switzerland where he studies secular philosophy and marries a Christian woman."
Palestinian Territories
"another son yearns to join the Zionist, secular halutzim settling the land of Israel."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"made it to Moscow, where he met Inna."
New York, United States
"The two arrived in New York in 1948."

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