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- ↑ From his thanks to his parents in some of his Sholom Aleichem translations, Stories and Satires (1959) and Old Country Tales (1966), including their help with obscure Yiddish idioms, especially those of Russian origin.
- ↑ Rutgers Catalog, p. 88
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- ↑ Cecil Roth, Encyclopaedia Judaica (Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1996: ISBN 965-07-0219-9), Vol. 1, p. 33.
- ↑ The Writers Directory, 31st edition, St. James Press (part of Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013
- ↑ Rutgers Catalog, p. 88
- ↑ From the dedication to Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature, Ktav, 1969.
- ↑ "Leviant, Curt" entry in Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition, 2007, v. 12, p. 696.
