The most widely spoken Jewish Language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewish life today, from Hasidim for whom it is a Language of daily life to avant-garde performers, political activists, and LGBTQ writers turning to Yiddish for inspiration.
Jeffrey Shan.
Yiddish: Biography of a Language presents the story of this centuries-old language, the defining vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, from its origins to the present.
The most widely spoken Jewish Language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewish life today, from Hasidim for whom it is a Language of daily life to avant-garde performers, political activists, and LGBTQ writers turning to Yiddish for inspiration