The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
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The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories (1971) is the second book and first collection of stories published by American author Cynthia Ozick
. "The Pagan Rabbi" and "Envy, or Yittish in America" along with an interview of the author were lator collected as an audio book in 1989 read by Ron Rifkin and Mitchell Greenberg.
Envy, or Yiddish in America
The Suitcase
The Dock-Witch
The Doctors Wife
The Butterfly in the Traffic Light
Virility
Approximately 9,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories”. The story is about a Rabbi who had just committed suicide by hanging himself in a public park. He is remembered by his widow for having recently discovered a passion for nature and his widow felt that he left his beliefs of Judaism
for Paganism
.
Envy or Yiddish in America
Approximately 15,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” The story is about an American Yiddish Poet who is bitterly jealous over a contemporary of his who has become more successful with poetry then the main character. The main character also has a personal vendetta against televangelists who are attempting to convert Jews to Christianity.
The Butterfly in the Traffic Light
Approximately 3,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” The story is basically an argument between a bubble college girl and her professor who are argue about how traffic lights are the icons of American cities.
The Suitcase
Approximately: 7,000 Words, also published in “The Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” About a retired Imperial German fighter pilot, whose son is a well-recognized artist. One the artist friend’s finds that her purse has been stolen, and they try to figure out who stole it. The woman who lost her purse accuses the father of the Artist, because he was in the Imperial German army.
Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. She is the niece of the Hebraist Abraham Regelson.-Background:Cynthia Shoshana Ozick was born in New York City, the second of two children...
. "The Pagan Rabbi" and "Envy, or Yittish in America" along with an interview of the author were lator collected as an audio book in 1989 read by Ron Rifkin and Mitchell Greenberg.
The Stories
The Pagan RabbiEnvy, or Yiddish in America
The Suitcase
The Dock-Witch
The Doctors Wife
The Butterfly in the Traffic Light
Virility
Synopsis
The Pagan RabbiApproximately 9,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories”. The story is about a Rabbi who had just committed suicide by hanging himself in a public park. He is remembered by his widow for having recently discovered a passion for nature and his widow felt that he left his beliefs of Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
for Paganism
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
.
Envy or Yiddish in America
Approximately 15,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” The story is about an American Yiddish Poet who is bitterly jealous over a contemporary of his who has become more successful with poetry then the main character. The main character also has a personal vendetta against televangelists who are attempting to convert Jews to Christianity.
The Butterfly in the Traffic Light
Approximately 3,000 words, also published in “Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” The story is basically an argument between a bubble college girl and her professor who are argue about how traffic lights are the icons of American cities.
The Suitcase
Approximately: 7,000 Words, also published in “The Cynthia Ozick Collected Stories.” About a retired Imperial German fighter pilot, whose son is a well-recognized artist. One the artist friend’s finds that her purse has been stolen, and they try to figure out who stole it. The woman who lost her purse accuses the father of the Artist, because he was in the Imperial German army.