Kotliar, Abraham. Masechta Derech Eretz Hachadashah [biting satire of American-Jewish life written in the traditional Talmudic style]
AUCTION 55 |
Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 33
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Kotliar, Abraham. Masechta Derech Eretz Hachadashah [biting satire of American-Jewish life written in the traditional Talmudic style]
Pittsburgh: J.S. Glick 1893
Est: $800 - $1,000
<<THE FIRST HEBREW BOOK PUBLISHED IN PITTSBURGH.>> A devastating attack on the state of American Jewish life, satirizing the dramatic changes found among immigrant Jews - apparently all too quick to abandon traditional practices and obsessed with personal material gain. See I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature p. 227, no. 142 (see also pp. 108-9).