<p>Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet a Yiddish translator a doctor. In this volume he is also an observant Jew visiting other people&rsquo;s holy places and an American city dweller among the poets of pre-War Vilna and Yiddish-speaking Tel Aviv. Berger&rsquo;s observations and language are precise as a lancet and his observations are therapeutically acute. This volume showcases him at the height of his powers. &nbsp;</p>