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Curt Leviant

Curt Leviant’s 11th novel Me, Mo, Mu, Ma & Mod; or, Which Will It Be; Me and Mazal or Gila and Me? will appear in 2021.  In addition to six books of Sholem Aleichem, he has translated Chaim Grade and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Moshkeleh the Thief

Moshkeleh the Thief

Sholem Aleichem, Curt Leviant

“The holiday is also sweet and dear because poor and dejected Jews toil hard, alas, and struggle, and just barely, in the nick of time, amid great trouble, angst and tribulations, bring in the holy holiday. Now, finally, they can rest and relax for eight days in a row.” A new translation of Sholem Aleichem by Curt Leviant.

Jake in the Box

Jake in the Box

Curt Leviant

The patriarch Jacob was the father of twelve tribes and (eventually) fêted by Pharaoh. But, as Yair Zakovitch shows, the Bible does not portray a happy man.