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.
Despite predictions of the demise of Yiddish-dating back well before half of its speakers were murdered during the Holocaust-the lan.
But some devoted Yiddish speakers have championed the Language as embodying the essence of Jewish culture and a defining feature of a Jewish national identity.
As the vernacular of a marginalized minority, Yiddish has often been held in low regard compared to other languages, and its legitimacy as a Language has been questioned.
He addresses key aspects of Yiddish as the Language of a diasporic population, whose speakers have always used more than one language.
Jeffrey Shandler tells the multifaceted history of Yiddish in the form of a biographical profile, revealing surprising insights through a series of thematic chapters.
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.
Despite predictions of the demise of Yiddish-dating back well before half of its speakers were murdered during the Holocaust-the Language leads a vibrant, evolving life to this day.
But some devoted Yiddish speakers have championed the Language as embodying the essence of Jewish culture and a defining feature of a Jewish national identity.
As the vernacular of a marginalized minority, Yiddish has often been held in low regard compared to other languages, and its legitimacy as a Language has been questioned.
He addresses key aspects of Yiddish as the Language of a diasporic population, whose speakers have always used more than one language.
Jeffrey Shandler tells the multifaceted history of Yiddish in the form of a biographical profile, revealing surprising insights through a series of thematic chapters.
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
