When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, many people said that Yiddish, the language in which he wrote, was dying. They wondered why such a talented writer would create in a language that was not in daily use. Singer explained that “for 2000 years Hebrew was considered a dead language. Suddenly it became strangely alive. What happened to Hebrew may also happen to Yiddish one day.” The stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer are very much alive in PJ Library books like The

Isaac Bashevis Singer, born on November 21, 1902, is arguably the best-known Yiddish writer of the last century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978 for "his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life." | World Jewish Congress

Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. That December, he delivered the Nobel Lecture. In these challenging times, the wisdom and lessons stemming from his words are relevant today more than ever. Shavua Tov! | World Jewish Congress