This volume presents The Dybbuk, S. Ansky's well-known drama of mystical passion and demonic possession, along with little-known works of his autobiographical a

“An altogether excellent anthology, this volume offers a superior introduction to the brilliant, brooding works of a Yiddish master” (Publishers Weekly). Th

A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see,

Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, 'A dybbuk' recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter who is possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved

After a nearly two-thousand-year interlude, and just as Christian Europe was in the throes of the great Witch Hunt and what historians have referred to as "The