A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of
by Isaac Metzker
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Author: Isaac MetzkerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-04-21
ISBN: 0805209808
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Schocken
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Book Review: Sorry my parents never told me
Summary: 5 Stars
Sorry my parents never told me what it was like when they arrived in Boston and New York. They decided to become American, go to night school to learn how to read and write English, and never talk about their past. This book opened my eyes as to how hard they must have had it when they arrived and became better people because of it.
Summary of A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years of
For more than eighty years the Jewish Daily Forward's legendary advice column, "A Bintel Brief" ("a bundle of letters") dispensed shrewd, practical, and fair-minded advice to its readers. Created in 1906 to help bewildered Eastern European immigrants learn about their new country, the column also gave them a forum for seeking advice and support in the face of problems ranging from wrenching spiritual dilemmas to petty family squabbles to the sometimes hilarious predicaments that result when Old World meets New Isaac Metzker's beloved selection of these letters and responses has become for today's readers a remarkable oral record not only of the varied problems of Jewish immigrant life in America but also of the catastrophic events of the first half of our century.State & Local Books
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