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Reclaiming Jewishness as Alterity: A Review of the New Translation of “Our Comrade, Avreml Broide”

JL;DR SUMMARY The new English translation of "Your Comrade, Avreml Broide," originally penned by Ben Gold, offers an engaging look into early 20th-century American Jewish radicalism through the fictional journey of Avreml Broide. 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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Jewish IdentityTranslationLabor MovementAmerican Jewish LeftCommunismJewish RadicalismAnti FascismAvreml BroideBen GoldAnnie Sommer Kaufman

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Fleeing the close-knit shtetl world after a romantic pursuit lands him in a bloody brawl with local petty gangsters, Avreml faces isolation and exploitation in the crowded streets and shop floors of New York until joining the Furriers Union awakens a burning passion."
Madrid, Madrid Province, Spain
"Jailed for his organizing during the First Red Scare, Avreml emerges with greater resolve and promptly travels to Spain to fight fascism, like many of his generation, where he dies defending Madrid from Francos army."

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