“I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”― A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
TIMETIPPING by Jack Dann 1975
The Plain Facts
- Length:9 Pages
- Genre:Science Fiction
- Category:Time Travel in the Era of New Wave Science Fiction
- Characters:Moshe the "Time-Tipping Yid".
- Setting
- Broklyn New York
- Somewhere in the South West of the United States.
Time Slipping Age600 yrs in the past
So, what's It About Man?
A Brooklyn Jew time slips from synagogue to synagogue, spying on the monks as he travels "Times Highway." It is one of my top three stories in "The Best time travel stories of the 20th Century."First Words
Since timetipping, everything moved differently.Last Words
Today he'd sit and watch monks.Favorite Quote
- The city was a moving kaleidoscope of colors from every period of hisotry, all melting into different costumes as the thieves and the diplomats and princes and merchants strolled down the cobbled streets of Broklyn. pg 205
- Things of which we lern the 'what' before we fathom the 'why'.
What I Learned About Writing
- I never thought that a Shalom Aleichem type character could write a great time travel story but there it is. I must keep true to my heritage and roots in my writing in order to create real characters.
Turnip Tips
- Uses Yiddish in his science fiction stories. Wowzer!
- He was a Science Fiction writer who embraced his Hebrew Roots.
- Time Tipping can be found in a collection of his titled Jubilee!
Words Defined:
worddefinition
goyimall non jews
meshuggenehcrazy people
babushkaa woman's head covering
yarmulkea man's skull cap
cabalistan expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
