Modern Yiddish Culture: The Story of the Yiddish Language Movement [Paperback]

Emanuel Goldsmith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

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 impacted upon the Jews of Europe, America, and Israel. Including a study of the major personalities associated with the first Yiddish Language Conference (1908,) this is the first comprehensive work to explore a movement that affected the lives of millions of Jews before the Holocaust and continues to influence Jewish life throughout the world.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Brilliantly delineated...contributes to the sociology of knowledge concerning modern Ashenazic Jewry as a whole." -- Joshua A. Fishman

"Of great value. I recommend it to everyone interested in Yiddish and Jewish culture." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize Laureate

About the Author

Emanuel S. Goldsmith is Professor of Yiddish and Jewish Studies at Queens College, City University of New York, and Rabbi of Congregation M'vakshe Derekh in Scarsdale, New York. He is the editor of the two-volume anthology Yiddish Literature in America, 1870-2000. With Mel Scult, he edited Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan (Fordham University Press).

Product Details

• Paperback: 321 pages
• Publisher: Fordham University Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823216950
• ISBN-13: 978-0823216956
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,402,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Yiddish
  • #99 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Yiddish

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