YIDDISH FOLKTALES

This wonderful addition presents nearly 200 marvellous tales from thevivid world of East European Jewry. Drawn from the archives of the YIVOInstitute for Jewish Research, and superbly translated, these funny, pious,moralistic, and magical tales, peopled by rabbis and fools, prophets andprincesses, form the most complete record to date of a vital folklorictradition.