Bad rabbi and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press / Eddy Portnoy.
| Author/creator | Portnoy, Eddy |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018] |
| Description | x, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. ^A383414 |
| Contents | Introduction : a brief and not entirely uncomplicated history of the Yiddish press -- Jewish abortion technician -- The Hebrew girl murderer of East New York -- The Jewish Mahatma -- The great tonsil riot of 1906 -- Rivington Street's wheel of (mis)fortune -- Yom Kippur battle royale -- Attack of the Yiddish journalists -- Suicide Jews -- Battle at the bris -- Urke Nachalnik : fine young criminal -- The strange case of Gimel Kuper, mystery journalist -- Semitic beauty drives Jews wild : film at eleven -- Ever fallen in love with someone (you shouldn't have fallen in love with)? -- My Yiddishe divorce -- Shomer fucking Shabbos -- 625-pound Jews and other oddities -- Bad rabbi : bigamy, blackmail, and the Radimner rebbetzin -- You think you've got troubles? : stories from Warsaw's Yiddish crime blotter. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017013491 |
| ISBN | 9780804797610 ( hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781503604117 (softcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |