| The Exhibit: ~ The Man ~ | |||
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| Portrait of Joe Fishstein | McGill reception | Fishstein's home library catalogue | Letter from Wolf Mercure. |
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| Sefer Kalarash | Kalarasher Besaraber progresiv asosieyshon | Joe Fishstein's personal notebook | Gut morgen |
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| Tribute by Dovid Opalov | Sampling of tributes from poets | Fishstein's dust-jackets | Fun mentsh tsu mentsh |
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| Bookmarks | Fishstein's name bookmark | ||
Joe Fishstein (1891-1978) was a Bronx, New York, garment worker with a passion for Yiddish poetry. This section displays biographical material about Joe Fishstein. Among the items included are examples of his beautiful book jackets, a portrait by his great-grandson, Michael Rabinowitz, some of the countless bookmarks inserted into books throughout the collection, and copies of some tributes to him by Yiddish poets.