Ghetto
Comedies
At last I said "Good morning."
Ghetto Comedies
Author of
'The Grey Wig,' 'Dreamers of the Ghetto,'
'The Master,' 'Children of the Ghetto,'
'Ghetto Tragedies,' etc.
With Illustrations by J. H. Amschewitz
London
William Heinemann
1907
Copyright by William Heinemann, 1907
TO
MY OLD FRIEND
M.D. EDER
NOTE
Simultaneously with the publication of these 'Ghetto Comedies' a fresh edition of my 'Ghetto Tragedies' is issued, with the original title restored. In the old definition a comedy could be distinguished from a tragedy by its happy ending. Dante's Hell and Purgatory could thus appertain to a 'comedy.' This is a crude conception of the distinction between Tragedy and Comedy, which I have ventured to disregard, particularly in the last of these otherwise unassuming stories.
I.Z.
Shottermill,
- April, 1907.
CONTENTS
PAGE The Model of Sorrows 1 Anglicization 49 The Jewish Trinity 89 The Sabbath Question in Sudminster 119 The Red Mark 173 The Bearer Of Burdens 193 The Luftmensch 225 The Tug of Love 249 The Yiddish 'Hamlet' 259 The Converts 293 Holy Wedlock 313 Elijah's Goblet 335 The Hirelings 351 Samooborona 375
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
AT LAST I SAID 'GOOD MORNING' Frontispiece To face page 'I WORK ON—ON SHABBOS' 142 'YOU COMPARE MY WIFE TO A KANGAROO!' 276 THE JEWS SCATTERED BEFORE HIM LIKE DOGS 408
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