Dear friends: With so much news to follow at the moment, you may have missed this bright spot: a terrific, extensive piece by Penny Schwartz for JTA about Jacob Dinezon and the new translation of his 1877 novel that's now available from Jewish Storyteller Press.
The article begins: Hot off the Jewish press in Vilna in 1877, a dramatic Yiddish romance novel became a surprising success, selling out its first 10,000 copies in Jewish communities across Poland and Russia. It’s not hard to see why. Full piece: https://www.jta.org/2019/03/25/culture/this-yiddish-romance-novel-was-a-smash-hit-in-1877-it-was-just-translated-into-english-for-the-first-time All best, Erika -- *Erika Dreifus* | Writer. Poet. Publicist. Resource Maven. (w) http://www.erikadreifus.com (t) http://twitter.com/erikadreifus (f) http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor <http://facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor>
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