Diamonds

Esther Singer Kreitman

1944

The refugees sat with their spoons halfway to their mouths, apparently listening with great seriousness, and trying with all their might not to burst into gales of laughter. The long, skinny lady left her podium and went walking about the tables as if nothing had happened, enquiring about the meal: “I’m sure your lunch is delicious?”

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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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