Jewish Refugee in New York (eBook)

By depicting one woman's struggles as a Jewish refugee in the US during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place.

1. This fictional journal draws a powerful connection between the experiences of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis and refugees today.

2. The journal is a realistic but accessible portrayal of New York City and the Jewish immigrant experience in the 1940s, including many phases of immigrant life such as housing, neighbors, employment, fellow workers, and learning English.

3. Includes a translators introduction that provides additional information and context on the authors life and issues of immigration and the Holocaust.

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"e;This novel invites the reader inside the mind of a Polish Jewish woman who has recently arrived in New York just after WWII began in Europe."e; -Jeffrey Shandler, author of Anne Frank UnboundRivke Zilberg, a twenty-year-old Jewish woman, arrives in New York shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland, her home country. Struggling to learn a new language and cope with a different way of life in the United States, Rivke finds herself keeping a journal about the challenges and opportunities of this new land. In her attempt to find a new life as a Jewish immigrant in the United States, Rivke shares the stories of losing her mother to a bombing in Lublin, jilting a fiance who has made his way to Palestine, and a flirtatious relationship with an American "e;allrightnik."e;In this fictionalized journal originally published in Yiddish, author Kadya Molodovsky provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York. By depicting one woman's struggles as a Jewish refugee in the United States during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place.