Rifka Takes a Bow

By Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov, Cosei Kawa (illustrator),

Book cover of Rifka Takes a Bow

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Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in…

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Historical fiction

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1 author picked Rifka Takes a Bow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Gloria Koster

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This book reflects the author’s own experience as a child during the heyday of Yiddish theater. It’s an exciting story that will engage kids with a slice of history as they imagine themselves taking to the stage and enjoying the thrill of the limelight. So many Jewish-themed books focus on the holidays, so it’s refreshing to have others that just reflect Jewish life in the past or the present.

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