Translated and edited by 
Joachim Neugroschel
 

Copyright © 1979 by Joachim Neugroschel
 

The Overlook Press 
Woodstock, New York

INTRODUCTION
MIRROR MAZE

PART ONE
THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD

TSENE-RENE: The Creation
Jacob Ben Isaac Ashkenazi

TALES OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV
Anonymous

TALES OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH
Anonymous

A TALE OF A LAME MAN
Rabbi Nakhman of Bratslev

PART TWO
THE JEWISH ENLIGHTENMENT

THE HEADBAND
Yisroel Aksenfeld

A WOMAN'S FURY
Yitzik Leyb Peretz

THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN THE THIRD
Mendele Moykher-Sforim

PART THREE
TRADITION AND MODERNISM

THE CONVERT
Dovid Bergelson

THE DOG
Avrom Reyzen

THE CREEK
Avrom Reyzen

STEMPENIU: A Jewish Romance
Sholom Aleichem 

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
Dovid Bergelson

THE KISS
Lamed Shapiro

JOSEPH SHORR
Dovid Bergelson

A TALE OF A GOAT
Y. M. Weissenberg

PART FOUR 
WAR, REVOLUTION, DESTRUCTION

GENERATIONS
Peretz Markish

THE DRAFT
Fishel Bimko

ACQUIRING A GRAVEYARD
Avrom Reyzen

MONDAY
Moyshe Kulbak

MEYER LANDSHAFT
Der Nister