From the editor
A picture is worth a thousand words, but is the exchange rate different if those words are in Yiddish? This comic by Leela Corman is full of references to Yiddish language and culture, and it would later go on to become the 2012 graphic novel Unterzakhn , which chronicles the lives of Jewish sisters Fanya and Esther in early 20th-century New York.
Mik Moore — President, Heeb Media
From 2004
Fanya & Esther in Stinky Pickles
A deep dive into the obscure Connecticut law that ensures you never get a pickle that "splats" – a law that was supposedly put in place after a series of arrests in 1948 for pickles being sold that were "unfit for human consumption".
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- “Leela Corman's Oral History”Yiddish Book Center, 2014 >
- “Drawing Strength From My Grandfather, Who Carried His Losses From the Holocaust”Tablet, 2013 >
- “Leela Corman Talks About Her ‘Unterzakhn’”Comic Book Resources, 2012 >
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