“shtetl life”

Interview

Feminist Shtetl Horror: An Interview with Elizabeth Schwartz

Molly Adams and Elizabeth Schwartz

A conversation with Elizabeth Schwartz, author of The Sweet Fragrance of Life and Other Horror Stories, on interacting with the horror genre as a Jewish woman.

Texts & Translation

בינטשע די צדקתטע אָדער די אײַנגעפֿאַלענע באָד

Bintshe the Tsadeykeste or The Demolished Bathhouse

Jacob Morgenstern

Translation by Myra Mniewski

A new translation of a nineteenth century chapbook detailing the comic adventures of a woman named Bintshe and her mission to save a dilapidated bathhouse.