The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/isaac-bashevis-singer/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:37:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Isaac Bashevis Singer | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/isaac-bashevis-singer/ 32 32 A 19th-century drama hit with post-Oct. 7 fallout: Award-winning ‘Yentl’ goes to London https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-19th-century-drama-hit-with-post-oct-7-fallout-award-winning-yentl-goes-to-london/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:08:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3791907 Running through April 12, an acclaimed Australian adaptation of the classic Isaac Bashevis Singer story travels abroad, despite what its writer describes as a global aversion to Jewish art

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]]> Long-dead author Isaac Bashevis Singer wanted you to see these unearthed essays https://www.timesofisrael.com/long-dead-author-isaac-bashevis-singer-wanted-you-to-see-these-unearthed-essays/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 01:18:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2773527 'Old Truths and New Cliches' is made up almost entirely of works previously unpublished in English, handpicked by the Nobel laureate and edited by scholar David Stromberg

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]]> How Wikipedia warriors made ‘Polish writer’ Isaac Bashevis Singer Jewish again https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-wikipedia-warriors-made-polish-writer-isaac-bashevis-singer-jewish-again/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:25:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2561343 It takes a global village to unerase the great Yiddish-language writer's religious/ethnic identity on the 'democratized' online encyclopedia

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]]> 1952 prayer by Bashevis Singer found scrawled on rent slip in unpublished trove https://www.timesofisrael.com/1952-prayer-by-bashevis-singer-found-scrawled-on-rent-slip-in-unpublished-trove/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 04:29:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2555644 Unseen collection comes out next spring; writer and scholar David Stromberg discusses the Nobel laureate's religious ambivalence, and why his liturgical Hebrew plea resonates today

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]]> Media giant traces secular Jewish roots in the leaves of great American authors https://www.timesofisrael.com/media-giant-traces-secular-jewish-roots-in-the-leaves-of-great-american-authors/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:51:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1908110 Promoting his new book, former editor-in-chief of Business Week, Stephen Shepard, says writers such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth 'make it okay' to be a non-religious Jew

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]]> Natalie Portman video for PETA compares animal treatment to Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/natalie-portman-video-for-peta-compares-animal-treatment-to-holocaust/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:43:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1890267 Actress, animal rights group activist honors Isaac Bashevis Singer, a vegetarian and animal rights pioneer who wrote in a novel, 'We do to God's creatures what the Nazis did to us'

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]]> 100 years later, Sholem Aleichem’s censored tales available in Russian https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-years-later-sholem-aleichems-censored-tales-available-in-russian/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 23:31:45 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1413053 Since the Soviet regime prevented proliferation of the writer's anti-communist religious nostalgia, these new translations are a first glimpse into shtetl life for many

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]]> Isaac Bashevis Singer’s only son dies at 85 https://www.timesofisrael.com/isaac-bashevis-singers-only-son-dies-at-85/ Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:43:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1095940 Israel Zamir, Israeli journalist and author, to be buried Monday in Kibbutz Beit Alfa

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]]> Yiddish song expert Chana Mlotek, 91, dies in NYC https://www.timesofisrael.com/yiddish-song-expert-chana-mlotek-91-dies-in-nyc/ Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:57:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=740318 Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer dubbed Mlotek and her husband 'the Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs'

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]]> Jewish history, saved one frame at a time https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-history-saved-one-frame-at-a-time/ Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:39:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=571560 The National Center for Jewish Film archive is in a race to restore the Jewish century before it bites the dust

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]]> Crime novelist finds ‘Truth’ in anti-Semitic blood libel https://www.timesofisrael.com/crime-novelist-finds-truth-in-anti-semitic-blood-libel/ Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:27:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=348596 Polish writer Zygmunt Miłoszewski explains how an ancient lie inspired his latest book -- newly available in English -- and reflects on the charged history of Jews in Poland

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]]> Synagogue, Jewish museum to be part of replica Polish town https://www.timesofisrael.com/synagogue-jewish-museum-to-be-part-of-replica-polish-town/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:37:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=332488 Bilgoraj institutions will showcase author Isaac Bashevis Singer and life before the Holocaust

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