“Wandering is your fate”: Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein Writing Across Boundaries

This essay provides an overview of the life and creative work of Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Yiddish poet and wife of Yiddish playwright Peretz Hirschbein. Shumiatcher-Hirschbein was a Jewish immigrant to Calgary at the turn of the twentieth century, and a member of a family that contributed in v...

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Main Author: Faith Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/19977