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Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet, journalist, and translator in Yiddish and English. His NOT IN THE SAME BREATH, a book of Yiddish and English poetry, followed the success of his Yiddish-language translations of beloved children's classics including THE CAT IN THE HAT, ONE FISH TWO FISH, and CURIOUS GEORGE.

He lives in Baltimore with his wife (co-founder of the publisher Yiddish House LLC) and their three Yiddish-speaking children. In his parallel life, he is a primary care doctor. Visit his alter ego Zackary Berger and learn about his new book available for pre-order, Talking to Your Doctor A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond. ...more

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Rewriting the erased: Dvoyre Fogel

In a richly diverse issue of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies devoted to inhabiting and examining the work of poet and thinker Dvoyre Fogel, I have the honor to participate with chutzpahdik poems of erasure, finding verse in the disappearance of memory. Thank you to the erudite, careful and patient editors.

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	Di Kats Der Payats by Dr. Seuss, Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 580,676 ratings — published 1957 — 272 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eyn Fish Tsvey Fish Royter Fish Bloyer Fish by Dr. Seuss, Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.18 avg rating — 213,881 ratings — published 1960 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Der Naygeriker by H.A. Rey, Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 139,622 ratings — published 1941 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Book of Modern Fantasy by Ann VanderMeer (Editor), Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maurice Richardson (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not in the Same Breath זאָג כאָטש להבֿדיל 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Prose by Abraham Sutzkever, Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author) (Translation) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Nation Taken Out of Another 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Holes Line Up: Poems and Translations 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Covid: Poems, Impressions, and Testimonies from a Pandemic by Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author), Boris Sandler (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Talking to Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond)] [Author: Zackary Berger] published on (July, 2013) by Zackary Sholem Berger (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems (New Directions Paperbook)

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Collected Poems

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מיר איז שטארק נוגע Mir iz shtark negeye

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message 1: by Celeste

Jan 28, 2008 11:57AM

What a unique reading list.

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