Yoshe Kalb
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Yoshe Kalb is a Yiddish novel by Israel Joshua Singer that portrays the spiritual turmoil and identity struggles of a Hasidic rebbe’s wayward grandson.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yoshe Kalb canonical | 2 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Israel Joshua Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ashkenazi Jewish culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Eastern European Jewish life
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Hasidic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between personal desire and religious duty
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social norms in Hasidic courts ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized publication ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish literature
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novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Yoshe Kalb (film)
NERFINISHED
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Yoshe Kalb (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorSibling | Isaac Bashevis Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Yiddish modernist prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | wayward grandson of a Hasidic rebbe ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner life of a Hasidic rebbe’s grandson ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| partOf | Yiddish canon ⓘ |
| portrays |
Hasidic court politics
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mystical and spiritual concerns of Hasidim ⓘ |
| setting | Hasidic community in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Hasidic leadership and authority
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identity struggle ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ spiritual turmoil ⓘ |
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