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Rifka Takes a Bow

Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov
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Duration
6m
Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group

About

Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in the early 20 century―made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.

Related Subjects

  • General (Religious)
  • Religious
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • General (Performing Arts)
  • Performing Arts
  • Theater & Musicals
  • Jewish
  • 20th Century
  • United States
  • Historical

Reviews

"Perlov, herself a child actor in the days of Yiddish radio, paints an affectionate and nostalgic picture of the era with her words. A nice addition to collections wishing to highlight the American Jewish experience."
School Library Journal
"Vividly capturing a bygone New York, 'Rifka Takes a Bow' also celebrates the enduring pleasures of childhood...Written in English, it offers a charming tribute to the droll cadences, reassuring logic and irrepressible humor of Yiddish itself."
The New York Times Book Review
"A memoir told with love and nostalgia....Unusual and unabashedly charming.-starred."
Kirkus Reviews

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Rebecca Rosenberg PerlovAuthor
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