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Re: Old World Klezmer Postcards
- From: Robert A. Rothstein <rar...>
- Subject: Re: Old World Klezmer Postcards
- Date: Sat 05 Oct 2002 13.38 (GMT)
Lloica Czackis wrote:
> I bought a copy of "Images et Traditions Juives" by Gerard Silvain and
> published in 1997 by Celiv Edit. (ISBN2-86535311-7) - it's a huge
> compilation of postcards (1897-1917) that tells the history of the
> diaspora, although it is not comprehensive.
The French book mentioned by Lloica was also published in English in
1999 under the title _Yiddishland_. The postcards are wonderful, but
the translations from Yiddish (probably via French) are not always
accurate.
Bob Rothstein
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