Yiddish in America
Essays on Yiddish Culture in the Golden Land
Distributed for University of Scranton Press
With essays by Edward S. Shapiro, Joel Berkowitz, Eric A. Goldman, Ari Y. Kelman, Marc Miller, Hankus Netsky, Daniel Soyer, Lauren B. Strauss, and Ruth R. Wisse
200 pages
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6 x 9
Yiddish is a rich, complex, and multilayered language, and that complexity is reflected in Yiddish culture. In Yiddish in America, Edward S. Shapiro has gathered a collection of lively essays on Yiddish literature, music, film, and journalism in the United States. This accessible volume demonstrates the enduring value of Yiddish culture through its reliance on solidarity, its artistic adaptability, and its balance of secular and religious characteristics. Shapiro also addresses the problems that have arisen when this vibrant language has been misunderstood or stereotyped, in a book that is sure to delight anyone interested in American Jewish culture.
Shiri Goren | American Jewish Archives Journal
"A valuable contribution to the increasingly growing bookshelf on real and imagined Yiddishlands. The paperback edition . . . makes the book accessible and easy to use. The volume will certainly spur interesting discussions in graduate and advanced undergraduate seminars on the history and culture of American Jewry."
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