Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture by Rebekka Voß Dybbuk “is the life of the

“is the life of the father

ale tsu gefinen

told from one generation to the next—and a profoundly moving tribute to brotherhood

Unger incorporates stories that were told by his family into his historical account

as well as the ways in which they were shaped by their heritage

Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture by Rebekka Voß Dybbuk “is the life of theEnvisioned as a tribe of ruddy faced, redheaded, red bearded Jewish warriors, bedecked in red attire who purportedly resided in isolation at the fringes of the known world, the Red Jews are a legendary people who populated a shared Jewish Christian imagination. But in fact the red variant of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel is a singular invention of late medieval vernacular culture in Germany. This idiosyncratic figure, together with the peculiar term