Entries Tagged as 'Yiddish'

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The Survival of Yiddish in Zionist Palestine

As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This enlightening volume reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature that flourished vigorously without legitimacy. Significant examples discussed include ethnically ambiguous fiction of […]

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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Yiddish encyclopedia

ALBANY — A local professor will spend the summer researching an encyclopedia written in the Yiddish language in the 1930s in Berlin and translate parts into English.
University at Albany assistant professor of Judaic studies Barry Trachtenberg was awarded $6,000 to research Di algemeyne entsiklopedye (the General Encyclopedia).
“Very few people are aware of the story of […]

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