Happy Halloween
To celebrate the Halloween - the ghost Yiddish stories are the best for it! One of the story - in English - I give you here: It is Isaac Bashevis Singer's story, The Lentuch. Isaac Bashevis is a great ghost storyteller!
Perfect for Halloween :-)
Perfect for Halloween :-)
“People ask me often, ‘Why do you write in a dying language?’ And I want to explain it in a few words. Firstly, I like to write ghost stories and nothing fits a ghost better than a dying language. The deader the language the more alive is the ghost. Ghosts love Yiddish and as far as I know, they all speak it. Secondly, not only do I believe in ghosts, but also in resurrection. I am sure that millions of Yiddish speaking corpses will rise from their graves one day and their first question will be: “Is there any new Yiddish book to read?”
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize Speech,1978
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize Speech,1978
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And have a look at the last scene for Shtisel, the "Bashevis scene" (1st season):