The Life and Times of a Yiddish Folk Tradition
by
Ruth von Bernuth
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
How the Wise Men Got to Chelm is the first in-depth study of Chelm literature and its relationship to its literary precursors.
When God created the world, so it is said, he sent out an angel with a bag of foolish souls with instructions to distribute them equally all over the world—one fool...