Yamulkas in Berlin 6:30

Vasily Surikov
1848 - 1916

 

 “No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

 

 

 

The Flag by Sholom Aleichem

The Plain Facts

1. Length:Twelve Pages 


2. Genre:Old Country Tales, Memoirs, Sholom Aleichem, Yiddish Literature.


3. Characters:
• Kopele Cock-crow (A.K.A. Topele Tottrow)
4. Setting: A small village in Yidburrough, somewhere between Germany and Poland.

So, what's It About Man?

A young boy with a speech impediment learns what it is to grow up as an under-dog, mispoken "Boychik" ("a young lad").