A common transliteration of the title of the famous story by Itzhak Leib Peretz is: Bontsche Schweig, i.e., Bontsche the Silent. The story expresses Peretz' indictment of a society in which a person can be so degraded by poverty and pain that his loftiest wish is that of a hungry child. It is a powerful and passionate plea for a more equitable world, where a person need not suffer and remain "schweig."
Beila Organic ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Tedlow To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: [ha-Safran] Story Title? Hi, I am trying unsuccessfully to remember the name of a wonderful short story by a Yiddish writer. The story concerns a poor humble,naïve, man who, upon reaching the gates of heaven, is asked what he would like most. He answers that a nice, warm roll in the morning would be wonderful. I think the story is called Bunchee Swag (pardon my Yiddish!) - Any ideas? Joan Tedlow, Librarian Alpert Mendelson Library of Temple Solel 760-436-0654, ext. 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 179 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen
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