Distributed for the University of Scranton Press
Yiddish in America
Essays on Yiddish Culture in the Golden Land
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, 6 x 9
Paper $20.00
ISBN: 9781589661370
Published June 2008
Introduction Edward S. Shapiro Ups and Downs of Yiddish in America Ruth R. Wisse Images with Teeth: The Political Influence of Artwork in American Yiddish Periodicals, 1910s-1930s Lauren B. Strauss Yiddish Scholars Meet the Yiddish-Speaking Masses: Language, the Americanization of YIVO, and the Autobiography contest of 1942 Daniel Soyer The Yiddish Cinema in America: A Celebration of Jewish Life Eric A. Goldman The Worldly Sounds of Yiddish Radio Ari Y. Kelman This Is Not Europe, You Know: The Counter-Maskilic Impulse of American Yiddish Drama Joel Berkowitz The Influence of America on Modern Yiddish Poetry Marc Miller Breaking the Silence on American Yiddish Popular Music Hankus Netsky
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