Ellen 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