The Dance of the Demons

Esther Singer Kreitman

1936

Chapter XIII

Meanwhile Reb Zalman, all undeterred, was arranging a match for Deborah, and one evening he arrived with a brand new proposal, one that was—in these hard modern times—almost too good to be true.

“I have a remarkable story to tell you, Reb Avram Ber, of the strange workings of Providence,” said Reb Zalman, beside himself with excitement…

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Esther Singer Kreitman

1891–1954

Esther Singer Kreitman was born in Bilgoraj, Poland, the sister of the highly acclaimed Yiddish writers Israel Joshua and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Growing up in an abusive home, she never received a formal education and entered into an unhappy marriage with a diamond cutter from Antwerp in 1912. In 1926 she left her marriage and ultimately settled in London, where she published novels in Yiddish, worked as a translator, and managed the journal Loshn un lebn.

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