YIDDISH WITHOUT YIDDISH?

Using pre-war Poland as an example, Helen Beer describes the richness of Yiddish cultural life prior to the Holocaust. Upon briefly sketching aspects of the Yiddish-speaking world of our times, she illustrates the modern phenomenon of forging an allegiance to Yiddish without knowledge of the languag...

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Published in:European Judaism 2009-09, Vol.42 (2), p.10-18
Main Author: Beer, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bookstores
Culture
Holocaust
Interwar period
Jewish culture
Jewish literature
Jewish music
Jewish people
Jewish peoples
Judaism
Klezmer music
Language translation
Musicians & conductors
Religious orthodoxy
Religious poetry
Slavic culture
The State of Yiddish Studies
Yiddish language
Zionism
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Summary:Using pre-war Poland as an example, Helen Beer describes the richness of Yiddish cultural life prior to the Holocaust. Upon briefly sketching aspects of the Yiddish-speaking world of our times, she illustrates the modern phenomenon of forging an allegiance to Yiddish without knowledge of the language. Beer argues that Yiddish without Yiddish is not an option and that the only means of sustaining and perpetuating the language and culture is by means of learning and using it.
ISSN:0014-3006
1752-2323
DOI:10.3167/ej.2009.420203