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A Woman's Voice: Sarah Foner, Hebrew Author of the Haskalah

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A Woman's Voice is comprise the writings of Sarah Menkin Foner (1854-1936), a Jewish woman who authored the Haskalah, and who penned her thoughts and concerns about arranged marriages, the restricted social status of Jewish women in Eastern European society, and Zionism. Sarah Foner had very sharp criticisms of religious intolerance, and expressed even harsher antipathies against the various factitious conflicts that diverse Jewish groups engaged against one another in spite of violence committed against them by Russians and Poles, and much, much more. Six of her works are adroitly translated into English by Morris Rosenthal in this powerful, thought-provoking, highly recommended anthology of a truly remarkable and articulate woman.

Sarah Foner had a gift that few authors can claim, the ability to make both fiction and history live and breathe. Her fictional stories cunningly interwove real social events and concerns into the lives of her characters. Her autobiographical works open a clear and brilliant window for historians and cheer the hearts of feminists. Few authors, amongst them Marge Piercy and William Shakespeare, are so astute. Morris Rosenthal has gifted us with Sarah Foner's words. Finally- a true word-smith and an artist of pure talent.