David Stromberg’s In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times

The Shmooze caught up with David Stromberg over dinner at an outdoor café in New York where we learned about his latest book, In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times, a collection of newly translated Yiddish stories for readers of all ages. David is a self-described Yiddish-activist who worked hard to bring these largely overlooked works to publication. In our conversation, he shared the backstory to these works, Yiddish publishing, and how he found his way to editing this collection.