Leah Rachel Yoffie

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  1. ↑ Washington University, The Hatchet (1912 yearbook): 28.
  2. ↑ Washington University, The Hatchet (1927 yearbook): 36.
  3. ↑ "Soldan High School Teacher Writes Virile, Melodious Poems". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1926-02-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 "Miss Leah Yoffie Dies; Ex-Teacher; Scholar-Poet Published Articles on Folklore after Retirement". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1956-05-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel Clara (1942). Creation, the angels, and the fall of man in Milton's Paradise lost and Paradise regained and in the work of Sir Richard Blackmore (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC   37950314.
  6. ↑ "Miss Yoffie's Appointment". The Modern View. 1915-09-10. p. 46. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 Rudman, Mary (1926-04-30). "Dark Altar Stairs: A Review". The Modern View. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
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  9. ↑ Randolph, Vance; Musick, Ruth Ann (1951). "Folksong Hunters in Missouri". Midwest Folklore. 1 (1): 23–31. ISSN   0544-0750. JSTOR   4317253.
  10. ↑ Hurvitz, Nathan (1954). "Jews and Jewishness in the Street Rhymes of American Children". Jewish Social Studies. 16 (2): 135–150. ISSN   0021-6704. JSTOR   4465224.
  11. ↑ Sper, Felix (May 20, 1927). "Verse by Leah Yoffie". The American Hebrew. 121: 114.
  12. ↑ Flanigan, Mary Leedy (December 1927). "Review of 'Dark Altar Stairs'". American Poetry Magazine. 9 (10): 19–20.
  13. 1 2 Yoffie, Leah R. C. (1916). "Present-Day Survivals of Ancient Jewish Customs". The Journal of American Folklore. 29 (113): 412–417. doi:10.2307/534687. ISSN   0021-8715. JSTOR   534687.
  14. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1913-06-27). "Ad Gloriam". The Modern View. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel Clara (1913-07-04). "The Immigrant". The Jewish Voice. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1916-10-20). "Russia". The Modern View. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  17. 1 2 Yoffie, Leah Rachel (September 1920). "'Faith' and 'A Cry of the Foreign-Born'". Contemporary Verse. 9 (9): 143, 144.
  18. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1920-09-17). "A Prayer for the Great White Fast". The Jewish Voice. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1922-03-17). "Sarah Miriam Goes to College". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (January 1, 1923). "Reb Sholom Dovid". The Survey. 49 (7): 453.
  21. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (November 1923). "A Voice". Contemporary Verse. 16 (5): 76.
  22. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (March 1924). "The Lost Vision". Contemporary Verse. 17 (3): 37.
  23. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1926). Dark Altar Stairs. Modern view Publishing Company.
  24. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1929-04-26). "Poems of Palestine". The Modern View. pp. 35, 37 . Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1920). "Yiddish Proverbs, Sayings, etc., in St. Louis, Mo". The Journal of American Folklore. 33 (128): 134–165. doi:10.2307/534954. hdl:2027/hvd.hx78ew. ISSN   0021-8715. JSTOR   534954.
  26. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel (1925). "Popular Beliefs and Customs among the Yiddish-Speaking Jews of St. Louis, Mo". The Journal of American Folklore. 38 (149): 375–399. doi:10.2307/535237. ISSN   0021-8715. JSTOR   535237.
  27. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel Clara (1947). "Three Generations of Children's Singing Games in St. Louis". The Journal of American Folklore. 60 (235): 1–51. doi:10.2307/536830. ISSN   0021-8715. JSTOR   536830.
  28. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel Clara (1949). "Songs of the "Twelve Numbers" and the Hebrew Chant of "Echod mi Yodea"". The Journal of American Folklore. 62 (246): 382–411. doi:10.2307/536580. ISSN   0021-8715. JSTOR   536580.
  29. ↑ Yoffie, Leah Rachel Clara. Chaucer's" White Paternoster," Milton's Angels, and a Hebrew Night Prayer. Southern Folklore Quarterly, 1951.
  30. ↑ "Soldan Teacher Leaves Estate to Federation to Aid Students; $14,500 Left by Leah Yoffie for School Grants". St. Louis Jewish Light. 1957-10-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  31. ↑ "Yoffie Memorial Scholarship Won by WU Student". St. Louis Jewish Light. 1960-01-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
  32. ↑ "Leah Yoffie Loan Grants Deadline Set". St. Louis Jewish Light. 1964-04-29. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-03-03– via Newspapers.com.
Leah Rachel Yoffie
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Leah Rachel Yoffie, from the 1927 yearbook of Washington University in St. Louis
BornApril 15, 1883
Ekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
DiedMay 9, 1956(1956-05-09) (aged 73)
Clearwater, Florida, US
Academic background
Alma mater Washington University in St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania
University of North Carolina
Thesis Creation, the angels, and the fall of man in Milton's Paradise lost and Paradise regained and in the work of Sir Richard Blackmore  (1942)
Influences Franz Boas
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