Introduction
Part I: Voice
Bernice Eisenstein, "Yiddish Holds the World"
Daniel Goodwin, "Isaac"
Elaine Kalman Naves, "Silent Witness"
Naomi Guttman, "Lot’s Wife"
Norman Ravvin, "Glendale, North of Alhambra, East of Burbank"
Isa Milman, "Yiddish in North America"
Nancy Richler, "Life’s Promise"
Lauren Kirshner, "Marilyn Monroe Stuttered"
Jacquie Buncel, "In the Closet with My Relatives on the French Riviera"
Jessamyn Hope, "The Reverse"
Part II: Place
David Rakoff, "Arise, Ye Wretched of the Earth"
Isa Milman, "A Daughter Recognizes a Father Who Spoke"
Bob Bossin, "Sweet Lilies’ Advice"
Carol Lipszyc, "Feather Boy"
Ruth Panofsky, "Pearl"
Ruth Panofsky, "Immigrant"
Cary Fagan, "Nora By the Sea"
Daniel Goodwin, "Heritage"
Mireille Silcoff, "Shalom Israel!"
David Bezmozgis, "An Animal to the Memory"
Part III: Practice
Alison Pick, from Between Gods
Jacquie Buncel, "Children of Holocaust Survivors"
Renee Norman, "Lottery"
Renee Norman, "Prayers for the Almost Dead"
Ayelet Tsabari, "Brit Milah"
Adam Sol, "Simcha"
Adam Sol, "Taking Down the Sukkah"
Jason Camlot, "Distinctions"
Jason Camlot, "Etrog"
Jacob Scheier, "The Language of Our People"
Jacob Scheier, "My Mother Dies in Reverse"
Naomi Guttman, "Prayer"
Sigal Samuel, "Wor(l)d Salad: A Writer’s Love Letter to the Hebrew Language"
Biographical Notes
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