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Hyman E. Goldin (1881–1971)

Författare till The Yiddish Teacher

69 verk 442 medlemmar 3 recensioner

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Verk av Hyman E. Goldin

The Yiddish Teacher (1939) 72 exemplar
A Treasury of Jewish Holidays (1952) 38 exemplar
The Jewish Woman and Her Home (1941) 37 exemplar
Ethics of the Fathers (1962) 32 exemplar
Jew and His Duties (1953) 20 exemplar
A treasury of Bible stories (1958) 9 exemplar
Universal history of Israel (1935) 8 exemplar
First Grade in Hebrew (1938) 6 exemplar
Illustrated Bible Stories (1930) 5 exemplar
The Jew and his duties (1953) 5 exemplar
The Book of Legends (Vol II) (1929) 4 exemplar
Bible and Talmud stories (1931) 3 exemplar
The Yiddish Reader 1 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1881
Avled
1971
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Esther Halevy tells her son, Joseph, stories while they wait for the her husband's return. In "Rabbi Eliezer and the Magic Ring," the wise rabbi is turned into a wolf by his mean wife. "The Jewish Pope" tells of a Jewish boy taken by his Christian nurse to be raised by priests.
 
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raizel | Apr 27, 2020 |
"A book for every member of your family"

Holiday Tales written by Hymin Goldin in 1929 is certainly an "interesting" book. Religion and/or Judaism is not one of my usual reading interests however the quirky presentation piqued my curiosity just enough to justify picking up this 84 year old book.

Content wise the book addresses the mythology behind ten Jewish holidays, namely: Sabbath, Pesah (Passover), Lag Beomer, Shabuoth (Pentecost), Tishah B'ab (Ninth of Ab), Rosh Hashanah (New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), Hanukah & Purim.

I found it particularly.... discomforting that this book proudly states on the cover it's for every member of your family. The jovial cover and slightly larger text tend to indicate the publisher has in mind an audience made up of younger readers.

The reason for my discomfort is this book contains genocide, torture, murder of men, women & children, the cooking of human body parts as well as the suicide of children. I really don't see how these are acceptable topics for younger readers. Worse still, one segment of the book illustrates that asking questions is wrong - a person in the book after asking a question is struck down with leprosy. What better way to browbeat developing minds than tell them if they query anything they'll end up with a horrific disfiguring disease.

Overall a quaint book on Jewish mythology/legends that is easily read and digested.
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HenriMoreaux | Oct 24, 2013 |
How to be a proper jewish wife and observe customs and rituals.I have had this book since marriage in 1951 and have found it extremely useful.
 
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Kamerow | May 24, 2007 |

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Verk
69
Medlemmar
442
Popularitet
#55,392
Betyg
½ 3.4
Recensioner
3
ISBN
20
Språk
1

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