Description
Book Synopsis
- This book examines the development of Yiddish in the early state of Israel, charting its tensions with Hebrew culture and the culture of the Jewish Diaspora.
- The author is a senior scholar who works on Israeli history and culture.
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- The book will find audiences in Israel studies, Jewish studies, Yiddish and Hebrew language studies.
Trade ReviewThis is an important book for two reasons. First, it is a pioneering study on Yiddish in Israel, a topic that—for reasons that should be interrogated and explained—has not attracted much scholarly attention until recently. Second, the book is very well documented. It provides a wealth of information on Israeli Yiddish newspapers and journals, theater, academia, and other aspects of Yiddish and Israeli history.
-- Shachar Pinsker - University of Michigan * AJS REVIEW *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Archival Signatures
Introduction
1. "Even the Stones Speak Hebrew": The Melting Pot, and Israel's Cultural Policy
2. The Heart of Yiddish Culture: Yiddish Press 1948-1968
3. "We are Jewish Actors from the Diaspora": Yiddish Actors, Yiddish Theater, and the Jewish State, 1948–1965
4. "To Assemble the Scattered Spirit of Israel": High Yiddish Culture – Di goldene keyt and the Yiddish Chair at the Hebrew University
5. "We Are Writing A New Chapter in Yiddish Literature":The literary Group Yung Yisroel and the Zionist Master Narrative
6. "You No Longer Need to be Afraid to Love Yiddish": 1965, The Production of Di megile, and the Return of Eastern Europe to Israel's Collective Memory
7. The End of the 20th Century: Private Memory, Collective Image and the Retreat from the 'Melting Pot'
Epilogue
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