Gostiņi, Latvia

Dankere: Types and Episodes
in a Latvian Town Sixty Years Ago
(Gostiņi, Latvia)

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Translation of
Dankere: tipn un epizodn fun a shtetl
in Letland mit zekhtsik yor tsurik

Author: H. Ehrlich

Published in Johannesburg 1956

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This is a translation of: Dankere: tipn un epizodn fun a shtetl in Letland mit zekhtsik yor tsurik
(Dankere: Types and episodes in a Latvian town sixty years ago),
Author: H. Ehrlich, Published: Johannesburg 1956 (Y 64 pages)

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Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund

9-11 Dankere

13-15 The Rich Man of the Shtetl [town]

16-17 My Rebbe [teacher] Leibe Zagerer

18-20 Gute Yidn [good Jews, Hasidic rebbes]

21-22 The Belief in Spirits

23-25 Weddings in the Shtetl

26-28 Yoka the Loyerman [organ grinder]
29-31 Unfamiliar Poor People

32-34 Purim Shpiler [Purim actor]

35-36 Trading in Rags

37-38 Thieves in the Shtetl

39-40 The Music Box

41-42 Theater in the Shtetl

43-44 A Peasant Wards Off Eyn Hores [evil eyes]

45-46 Herman the Feldsher [traditional healer]

47-48 Peretz the Grave Digger

49-50 A Jew, an Impudent Man

51-52 The Matseyve [headstone] Engraver

53-54 Shaya the Bookseller

55-56 The Teacher

57-58 Yudl the Wagon Driver

59-60 Leyzer the Tanner

61-62 Avrom Leibe the Shoemaker

63-64 Mikhal the Tailor

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9-11		Dankere
13-15		The Rich Man of the Shtetl [town]
16-17		My Rebbe [teacher] Leibe Zagerer
18-20		Gute Yidn [good Jews, Hasidic rebbes]
21-22		The Belief in Spirits
23-25		Weddings in the Shtetl
26-28		Yoka the Loyerman [organ grinder]
29-31		Unfamiliar Poor People
32-34		Purim Shpiler [Purim actor]
35-36		Trading in Rags
37-38		Thieves in the Shtetl
39-40		The Music Box
41-42		Theater in the Shtetl
43-44		A Peasant Wards Off Eyn Hores [evil eyes]
45-46		Herman the Feldsher [traditional healer]
47-48		Peretz the Grave Digger
49-50		A Jew, an Impudent Man
51-52		The Matseyve [headstone] Engraver
53-54		Shaya the Bookseller
55-56		The Teacher
57-58		Yudl the Wagon Driver
59-60		Leyzer the Tanner
61-62		Avrom Leibe the Shoemaker
63-64		Mikhal the Tailor