Unter in Teitelboim
Under the Date Palm
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Levin Kipnis's Unter in Teitelboim (Under the Date Palm) is a volume of Yiddish holiday stories published in 1961, intended as a matone (gift) to Yiddish-speaking children of the diaspora.
Kipnis, an influential children's author in pre-state and early Israeli culture, contributed hundreds of stories and poems shaping Israeli juvenile literature.
This collection adapts Midrashic and biblical motifs into pastoral, nurturing narratives that blend traditional Jewish imagery with modern educational ideals.
In Udel's discussion, the book exemplifies the Haskalah-influenced project of cultivating a new Jewish childhood through literature, combining socialist and Zionist aspirations with gentle moral instruction.
The tales recast divine protection in maternal and natural terms and emphasize human leadership and cultivation as secular forms of redemption.
Kipnis, an influential children's author in pre-state and early Israeli culture, contributed hundreds of stories and poems shaping Israeli juvenile literature.
This collection adapts Midrashic and biblical motifs into pastoral, nurturing narratives that blend traditional Jewish imagery with modern educational ideals.
In Udel's discussion, the book exemplifies the Haskalah-influenced project of cultivating a new Jewish childhood through literature, combining socialist and Zionist aspirations with gentle moral instruction.
The tales recast divine protection in maternal and natural terms and emphasize human leadership and cultivation as secular forms of redemption.
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Miriam Udel
Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish Modernity: A Conversation with Miriam Udel
