1877 Yiddish best-seller now translated into English for first time
The romantic novel catapulted the Lithuania-born Dinezon, a one-time tutor and little-known writer, to become an influential leader in the Yiddish literary scene of Warsaw.
Jacob Dinezon (right) pictured with I. L. Peretz, both Yiddish-language authors(photo credit: WIKIPEDIA)ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
