Ellen Cassedy, Yiddish Translator
Saturday, May 4, 2019 • 29 Nisan 5779
12:00 PM - 2:00 PMEllen Cassedy, Yiddish Translator
Treasures from the Trove of Women’s Writing in Yiddish
Ellen Cassedy is the award-winning author of We Are Here, a history of the Holocaust in Lithuania. She is also the translator of Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel (with Yermyahu Ahron Taub) and a new translation called On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash (with an afterward co-authored by Jessica Kirzane).
Cassedy will sign copies of her latest translation, On the Landing, for those who pre-order a book by May 1. Click here to order your copy. Place your order and pay on this site; select "pickup at the Coop" under the shipping options, and put "for 5/2 pickup" in the comment section. You may also order by phone at 773-752-4381. OPT will collect the book for you, and Ellen Cassedy will sign it; you can pick it up at the event on May 4 or anytime thereafter.
This event is sponsored by the Adult Education Committee.
Click here to order your copy of On the Landing
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