Modern Yiddish Culture : : The Story of the Yiddish Language Movement / / Emanuel Goldsmith.

The phenomenal rise of Yiddish language and culture is one of the most interesting and colorful sagas of modern Jewish history. In this significant book, Dr. Goldsmith relates the growth of Yiddish to the explosion of Jewish literature, the surge of Zionism, and the popularity of Socialism that impa...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]
©1997
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (321 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON THE 1997 EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE LANGUAGE OF ASHKENAZ
  • 2. THE EMERGENCE OF YIDDISHISM
  • 3. THE POLITICAL IMPETUS
  • 4. NATHAN BIRNBAUM
  • 5. YITZKHOK LEYBUSH PERETZ
  • 6. MATISYOHU MIESES
  • 7. CHAIM ZHITLOVSKY
  • 8. THE CZERNOWITZ CONFERENCE
  • 9. AFTERMATH
  • 10. THE GROWTH OF YIDDISHISM
  • 11. YIDDISHISM AND JUDAISM
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX