The rise of modern Yiddish culture /
"The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture explores the transformation of Yiddish from a low-status vernacular to the medium of a complex modern culture, and examines the efforts of east European Jews to establish their linguistic distinctiveness as part of their struggle for national survival in the...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Pittsburgh, PA :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©2005.
|
| Series: | Series in Russian and East European studies.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview
- The politics of Yiddish
- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905
- The Bund's contribution
- Reinventing community
- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture
- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists
- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary
- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO
- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna.