SOURCE: "Yiddishkeit," in Commentary, Vol. 61, No. 4, April, 1976, pp. 83-6.
Alter is an American educator and critic who specializes in Hebrew literature. In the following review, he praises World of Our Fathers for its comprehensiveness and its illumination of the paradoxes governing Yiddish immigrant culture.
This is a free excerpt of 46 words. There are 1,739 words (approx.
6 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Irving Howe: Critical Review by Robert Alter Access Pass.
