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Lesson 4 of 9·The Wisdom of Jewish Literature

"Gimpel the Fool" by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer tells the story of a gullible man in a small Jewish town who endures mockery and betrayal while holding fast to his faith. Through Gimpel’s journey—from naive victim to wise storyteller—Singer explores the costs and rewards of belief, confronting evil, and the choice to live morally in a corrupt world. Available December 15.

Taught By

Dr. Ruth Wisse
Dr. Ruth R. Wisse is professor emerita of Yiddish and comparative literatures at Harvard and a distinguished senior fellow at Tikvah. Her memoir Free as a Jew: a Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation, chapters of which appeared in Mosaic in somewhat different form, is out from Wicked Son…