Podcast
The original “A Bintel Brief” (“A Bundle of Letters”) was an advice column for Jews fresh off the boat in The Jewish Daily Forward, a.k.a. The Forverts, a feature regarded by many as the prototype for “Dear Abby.” This seminar will discuss Liana Finck’s new, widely acclaimed graphic novel, A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York (Ecco, 2014), which brings a selection of these letters to life and includes an imaginative conversation with the paper’s editor, Abraham Cahan.
Liana Finck (Author)
Moderator:
Miriam Koral (UCLA)
Ross Seminar in Yiddish Studies
Sponsored by the
UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Cosponsored by the
UCLA Department of Germanic Languages
Forward
HarperCollins
