December 2021

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On the Scaffolds, Samuel Isban's 1936 collection of short stories, translated from the Yiddish for the first time, offers a series of vignettes and character studies set in Mandatory Palestine during the 1920s.

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About the Author

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Samuel Isban (1905–1995) was born in Gostynin, Poland and emigrated to America in 1937.

A prolific journalist and author in both Yiddish and Hebrew, Isban published numerous novels and short story collections.

 

 

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Also available from the same author:

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"Illegal Jews Part the Seas

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