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Yaniv Iczkovits’ novel “The Slaughterman’s Daughter” was awarded the 2021 Wingate Literary Prize, British Jewry’s top book award. Originally published in Hebrew in 2015 but translated into English last year, the novel takes place in a Pale of Settlement village in the late 19th century. Its protagonist, Fanny Keismann, a ritual slaughterer-turned-housewife to cheesemaker, sets […]
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Shtetl mystery ‘The Slaughterman’s Daughter’ wins top UK Jewish book prize
March 9th, 2021 
Awake Goy Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’ wins best fiction from Assoc. of Jewish Libraries
February 9th, 2021 Awake Goy The Association of Jewish Libraries has given Max Gross its annual award for best Jewish fiction, for his debut novel “The Lost Shtetl.” The latest recognition for Gross’s mesmerizing modern-day Yiddish tale was announced Monday by the professional organization of Judaica librarians. “To Be a Man: Stories,” by Nicole Krauss, and “Apeirogon: A Novel,” by […]
Shtetl Lit? Two new novels blend Jewish past and future in surreal ways
January 1st, 2021 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Yiddish psychedelic rock band Forshpil brings electric guitar to the shtetl
August 29th, 2020 Awake Goy WEIMAR, Germany (JTA) — What if the Yiddish-speaking poets and songwriters had electric guitars and amps in the shtetl? That’s the question Sasha Lurje and her Forshpil bandmates asked themselves a decade ago in Latvia when they began their shift from traditional klezmer music to psychedelic rock. “When people see a Jewish or Yiddish band, […]
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