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Lesson 7 of 9·The Wisdom of Jewish Literature

"The Cross" by Lamed Shapiro

In this shocking story, Lamed Shapiro confronts the moral and psychological devastation of anti-Semitic violence in early 20th-century Eastern Europe. By addressing the pogrom phenomenon from all angles, he seeks to reorient Jewish psychology and the Jewish narrative.

Taught By

Ruth R. Wisse
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 Press.