Word: channon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...murky evocation of the Hasidic legend that is all but drowned in a sea of pretentious metaphysical subfusc. The dybbuk story, a ghetto version of Romeo and Juliet given classic shape in Shloime Ansky's 1916 Yiddish play, involves the star-crossed lovers named Channon and Leah. Once their fathers had taken a vow that some day their children should wed. By the time boy meets girl, the vow has been forgotten, Leah's family has become wealthy, and Channon is merely a poor rabbinical student. When Leah's father arranges a more suitable match, Channon...