Yiddish-language writer of pre-WWII Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. Reading him gave Tyler, raised in rural Alberta, a deep knowledge of Jewish culture and Yiddish words before he ever knew Jewish people; he anchors the 'Jews and Barbers' section of Tyler's anthology for Tamir.
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- Learning Jewish culture through Singer
Growing up in rural Alberta, not raised in any church, Tyler learned about traditional Jewish life from Isaac Bashevis Singer's translated Yiddish stories. When he met Tamir and his Jewish…