The «A Bintel Brief» Advice Column in Abraham Cahans Yiddish «Forverts»
by
Magdalena Ewa Bier
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Created by Abraham Cahan in 1906, the advice column A Bintel Brief ran as the most enduring feature of the New York Yiddish newspaper Forverts for over seven decades. This study takes a closer look at the letters and responses to A Bintel Brief thereby revealing the hardships of uprooted Eastern European...