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By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin PIKESVILLE, Maryland It is a pleasure to read three versions of Simple Gimpl, a short tale by the Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991): the original in Yiddish by Singer., the translation into English by Singer and David Stromberg, and the translation by Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow (1915-2005). Each of the three has subtle differences from the other two. The book includes Liana Fincks fanciful drawings and David Strombergs Afterword. This 2022 tale edition was first published in 1945 as Gimpl tam. I disag