Contributor

Boris Sandler

Contributor

Boris Sandler

Moldova United States

Boris Sandler (b. 1950) is a prolific and award-winning figure in the contemporary Yiddish arts world, working across genres as a prose writer, poet, journalist, playwright, musician, and filmmaker. Born in Balti, USSR (Moldova today), he lived in Israel before settling in New York....

He is perhaps best known as the editor-in-chief of the New York-based Yiddish newspaper Forverts, a position he held for eighteen years before stepping down in 2016. A recipient of the prestigious Fichman Prize (2002), his most recent novel Keinemsdorf (Nomansland, AZ) was published by Forward Association Press in 2012. Author photo by Arthur Roxengurt.

An Unexpected Guest

By Boris Sandler

A roaring clap of thunder and everyone’s wigs went flying through the air.

Translated from Yiddish by Sebastian Schulman

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Boris Sandler

Boris Sandler

Articles by Boris Sandler

An Unexpected Guest