...This chapter presents the letters written by Irving Howe and Ruth Wisse to each other in 1979 in which they talked about Sholom Aleichem, particularly how he embodies the essential cultural values of Eastern European Jews. Howe wrote the introduction to the book The Best of Sholom Aleichem...

... of the twenty-first century, they also face unexpected problems as Germany's economy has faltered and its social fabric revealed some serious and ugly problems. The Eastern European Jews had a most tentative attitude toward their newly chosen home. That uncertainty, combined with an almost physical resistance...

... wife were the first Eastern European Jews to arrive in Muncie. Moses and Sarah had five children—three boys and two girls. The youngest, born September 23, 1894, was named Benjamin Victor. Cohen Moses Cohen Sarah Ringolsky Frank Jerome Cohen Benjamin Victor birth of Lynd Helen Merrell Lynd Robert...