Oy! Oy! Oy! The Teacher Is a Goy

by Henry Saltzman

Overview

The year is 1953 and Henry Saltzman, an Americanized Jew looking for his first job as a high school English teacher, unexpectedly finds himself confronting a roomful of intense, hyperactive ten-year-old boys in a Hasidic Brooklyn yeshiva. The assimilated Saltzman is profoundly challenged by their prejudices and fears about the world outside their close-knit religious community and vows to help them become not just good Jews, but good Americans. In the process, like any good teacher, he learns from them as well. Based on the author's own experience, this charming novel takes us inside the alien world of Hasidic Judaism with humor, warmth, and deep affection.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162851363
Publisher:	Wicked Son
Publication date:	11/12/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Henry Saltzman received an M.S. in education from Brooklyn College and taught in a number of high schools and various Jewish schools. He was a program officer at the Ford Foundation, Executive Director of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, education advisor to Mayor Lindsay, president of Pratt Institute, and director of Citizens’ Committee for Children.