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Rediscovering Radical Rabbi Abraham Bick at the Site of the Former Institut far Yidisher Bildung
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Freidus, Borokhov, and the Café Royal
Baker explores the career of Abraham S. Freidus, a reclusive, pioneering, and Yiddish-theater-loving Judaica librarian. His research reveals the tight nexus that existed a century ago between a small coterie of Eastern European-born Judaica librarians in the United States; their philanthropic patrons of Central European background; and the largely male, Yiddish-speaking readers who frequented the important Jewish libraries of that era.
Mar 07, 2021