Nisht di meysim loybn got

poem by Glatstein

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In Yiddish literature: Writers in New York
In “Nisht di meysim loybn got” (“The Dead Do Not Praise God”), Glatstein sings of the Judaic tradition while announcing its death: “We received the Torah at Mount Sinai, / And in Lublin we gave it back.” Many of his poems appear in English translation in…
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