Dybbuk and Other Tales of the Supernatural

Dybbuk and Other Tales of the Supernatural
Author: Tony Kushner
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1998
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781559361378

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Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, 'A dybbuk' recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter who is possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved.

The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination

The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination
Author: Joachim Neugroschel
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2000-12-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780815628729

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he most famous play in the Yiddish repertoire, S. Ansky’s The Dybbuk has been made into two films and three operas and has been staged all over the world. As an extraordinary product of the Yiddish imagination, however, its literary and religious roots have never been thoroughly explored. With a new translation of Ansky’s play that conveys its brilliant supernatural poetry, this anthology comprises thirty highly diverse literary masterpieces dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Beginning with the first Yiddish tale about a possession (1602), these works influenced Ansky or formed a cultural and spiritual network that shows us how the era and tradition precipitated the drama. The result is a literary mosaic that shows a vast array of styles, from the earthy simplicity of homespun folk tales to the delicacy and elegance of polished literary expression. Joachim Neugroschel brings together a wide variety of stories, verse narratives, and even modern melodrama—many never before translated into English.

The Dibbuk Box

The Dibbuk Box
Author: Jason Haxton
Publisher: Truman State Univ Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2011
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781612480121

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A series of eerie events slowly unfolds when a wine cabinet sells at an estate sale in Oregon. It is soon sold and resold on eBay's Internet auction, and each new owner becomes desperate to get rid of the box along with the health problems, accidents, or death they claim came with it. Jason Haxton, the curator of a medical museum in a small Missouri town, learns of the mysterious cabinet and is intrigued by it as an artifact to be studied and researched. He places a bid on eBay and soon finds himself the proud owner of the Dibbuk Box. But as he carefully investigates and records everything he can about this unusual item said to be possessed by a Jewish spirit, Haxton discovers far more than he bargained for. In this true account, a dark story comes to light—a story that began at the time of the Holocaust and seems to have come full circle.

Leaves from the Garden of Eden

Leaves from the Garden of Eden
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0199754381

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In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition. Just as Schwartz's award-winning book Tree of Souls collected the essential myths of Jewish tradition, Leaves from the Garden of Eden collects one hundred essential Jewish tales. As imaginative as the Arabian Nights, these stories invoke enchanted worlds, demonic realms, and mystical experiences. The four most popular types of Jewish tales are gathered here--fairy tales, folktales, supernatural tales, and mystical tales--taking readers on heavenly journeys, lifelong quests, and descents to the underworld. There is a dybbuk lurking in a well, a book that comes to life, and a world where Lilith, the Queen of Demons, seduces the unsuspecting. Here too are Jewish versions of many of the best-known tales, including "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rapunzel." Schwartz's retelling of one of these stories, "The Finger," inspired Tim Burton's film Corpse Bride.

A Dybbuk

A Dybbuk
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1998
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Yiddish
ISBN: 9781568658452

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The first part of the book features Tony Kushner's adaptation of The Dybbuk by S. Ansky from Joachim Neugroschel's translation, with an afterword by Harold Bloom. Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, The Dybuuk recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter who is possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved. Also included in this volume is a selection of stories translated into English for the first time by Joachim Neugroschel, illuminating different aspects of the Jewish mystical world, including possessions, transmigration, fairy tales, parables and miracles.

Gabriel's Palace

Gabriel's Palace
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 433
Release: 1993
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0195093887

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Over 150 tales from the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore.

Lilith's Cave

Lilith's Cave
Author: Howard Schwartz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1975
Genre:
ISBN: 9780913386309

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Homebody/Kabul

Homebody/Kabul
Author: Tony Kushner
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1458781380

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Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul is the most remarkable play in a decade...without a doubt the most important of our time.''--John Heilpern, New York Observer In Homebody/Kabul, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America, has turned his penetrating gaze to the arena of global politics to create this suspenseful portrait of a dangerous collision between cultures. Written before 9/11, this play premiered in New York in December 2001 and has had subsequent highly successful productions in London, Providence, Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles. This version incorporates all the playwright's changes and is now the definitive version of the text.

Flyin' West

Flyin' West
Author: Pearl Cleage
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1995
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822214656

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THE STORY: Facing problems ranging from the inevitability of long, cold winters, to the possibility of domestic violence, to the continuing spectra of racial conflict, the women of FLYIN' WEST include Miss Leah, the old woman whose memories of slav