About Ida Maze, Di Yiddishe Name of Montreal Poets

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Dina. Short story

From left: Kadia Molodowski, Ida Maze and Rokhl Korn

Dineh, An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze, translated by Yermiyahu AhronTaub

-Recorded conversation with the translator: https://ne-np.facebook.com/YiddishBookCenter/videos/talk-dineh-an-autobiographical-novel-by-ida-maze-translated-by-yermiyahu-ahron-t/5156480607794012/

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Some bibliographical notes: 

• Jewish Women’s Archive: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/maze-ida
• Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Maze
• Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7sTEB0s6co

Questions for the short story:
​1.What is the story's main subject: name three or four keywords?
2.Pashe? How would you characterise this person? 
3.Home versus America? What are the attitudes towards this dichotomy in the story?
4.Grulye, the cat? Its role in the story!
5.What is the role of saying goodbye? 
6.What is the general mode of the story: let’s pay attention to the world’s imaginary based on the metaphors, epithets, and other poetic strategies? 
7.The portrayal of the mothers in the story: what are the striking characteristics? 
8.Dina/ Dineh. Who is she? How old? 
9.The function of the dead, and the cemetery in the story?