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ORDINARY JEWS ORDINARY JEWS Yehoshue Perle Translated and with an introduction by Shirley Kumove ee excelsior editions State University of New York Press Albany, New York Words Like Arrows: A Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings, University of Toronto Press, 1984, Shocken Books, 1985 More Words, More Arrows: A Further Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1999 Drunk From the Bitter Truth: The Poetry of Anna Margolin, State University of New York Press, Albany, 2005 Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2011 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Excelsior Editions is an imprint of State University of New York Press Production by Kelli W. LeRoux Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perle, Iehoshua, 1888–1943. [Yidn fun a gants yor. English] Ordinary Jews / Yehoshue Perle ; translated by Shirley Kumove. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4384-3550-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jewish fiction. I. Kumove, Shirley, 1931– II. Title. PJ5129.P4—dc22 2010031859 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The translation of this book is dedicated to the millions of Polish Jews—Yiddish-speaking men, women, and children, who went to untimely deaths and whose graves are unmarked and unknown, annihilated in the Shoah simply because they were Jews. May the translation of this novel stand as a monument and redeem their memories from eternal oblivion. Contents Preface / ix Acknowledgments / xi Introduction / 1 Translator’s Notes to the Reader / 19 Novel / 27 Glossary and Notes / 335 Bibliography / 341
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