In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis Singer Tote Bag and performer—takes a serious yet

and performer—takes a serious yet unceasingly fun and funny look at this remarkable kvetch-full tongue that has both shaped and has been shaped by those who speak it

In Gur’s captivating introduction

Glaser considers how the practice of racial ventriloquism has changed over time

Review by Zackary Sholem Berger

In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis Singer Tote Bag and performer—takes a serious yetLike Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction, this poignant memoir of his childhood in the household and rabbinical court of his father is full of spirits and demons, washerwomen and rabbis, beggars and rich men. This remembrance of Singer's pious father, his rational yet adoring mother, and the never ending parade of humanity that marched through their home is a portrait of a magnificent writer's childhood self and of the world, now gone, that formed him.