{"product_id":"binele-a-story-of-a-young-boy-who-sets-out-to-find-the-land-of-endless-holiday-dos-land-fun-eybikn-yontev-9781963475906","title":"Binele: A story of a young boy who sets out to find The Land of Endless Holiday - dos land fun eybikn yontev","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA forgotten Yiddish children's fantasy, at last in English\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBinele comes from a world of Yiddish literature that spoke to children with seriousness, tenderness, and high hopes. First serialized in 1938 in Kinder Tsaytung, a Yiddish socialist children's magazine, B. J. Bialostotzky's tale follows Binele, a young boy who cannot accept that joy should be brief and suffering ordinary. Instead, he sets out to find the Land of Endless Holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is at once a wonder tale, a moral quest, and what Professor Michael Weingrad, in his afterword, calls \"a fantasy for very dark times.\" Guided by Eliyahu haNovi, the Prophet Elijah, through a landscape of beauty, sorrow, and danger, Binele pursues his dream of a world remade on gentler and more just terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Jewish folklore, messianic longing, and the ideals of Yiddish socialist culture, Binele reveals a little-known chapter in the history of twentieth century fantasy. Weingrad's afterword, \"Bialostotzky's Neverending Story,\" places the tale in conversation with the more famous contemporary works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual edition restores a distinctive Yiddish classic to new life for readers of English and Yiddish alike: a deeply Jewish fantasy of courage, longing, and the hope that somewhere beyond the horizon, a better world still waits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. J. Bialostotzky,Ruth Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Yehuda Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Yiddish Rediscoveries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963475906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilingual Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ben Yehuda Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47663541616777,"sku":"9781963475906","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_debdac77-0354-46c3-8b27-b5502be49b4f.jpg?v=1784608108","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/binele-a-story-of-a-young-boy-who-sets-out-to-find-the-land-of-endless-holiday-dos-land-fun-eybikn-yontev-9781963475906","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}