They Wrote about Everything: Women and Yiddish

Faith: I do a lot of different kinds of political activism, and part of what I love about the Yiddish work is its grounding in a historical culture that was itself so political. [...] I took a translation workshop from you about ten years ago, so maybe I learned that from you! Faith: I've heard...

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Published in:Bridges (Seattle, Wash.) Wash.), 2011-04, Vol.16 (1), p.58-63
Main Authors: Jones, Faith, Klepfisz, Irena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Feminism
Interviews
Jewish art
Jewish culture
Jewish ghettos
Jewish people
Klepfisz, Irena
Literary studies, Jewish studies, gender studies
Literature
Novels
Periodicals
Political activism
Politics
Prisons
Religious literature
Sexism
Sexuality
Translation
Translations
Women
Women poets
Writers
Writing
Yiddish language
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Summary:Faith: I do a lot of different kinds of political activism, and part of what I love about the Yiddish work is its grounding in a historical culture that was itself so political. [...] I took a translation workshop from you about ten years ago, so maybe I learned that from you! Faith: I've heard you say that when you teach Jewish texts to a primarily Jewish class, they worry about whether the portrayals of Jews are positive, and have difficulty entering into the vision of the author, who may have negative things to say, or both positive and negative. Irena: I think that's true-in my last class- I think it's the Yiddish stories that seem most blunt about sexuality and criticism of sexism in progressive movements, of the shtetl, of Jewish life in general, etc.
ISSN:1046-8358
1558-9552
DOI:10.2979/bridges.16.1.58