Yiddish in Israel : a history / Rachel Rojanski.
Yiddish in Israel : a history / Rachel Rojanski.
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Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
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G 2021/2009
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English
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xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
A note on transliteration, translation, and archival signatures -- Introduction: "They are ashamed of us Yiddish writers" -- "Even the stones speak Hebrew": The melting pot and Israel's cultural policy -- The heart of Yiddish culture: the Yiddish press 1948-1968 -- "We are Jewish actors from the dia...
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Publisher
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
Yiddish in Israel challenges the commonly held view that Yiddish was suppressed or even banned by Israeli authorities for ideological reasons, offering instead a radical new interpretation of the interaction between Yiddish and Israeli Hebrew cultures. Author Rachel Rojanski tells the compelling and yet unknown story of how Yiddish, the most widely...
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Yiddish in Israel : a history / Rachel Rojanski.
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Perspectives on Israel studies
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/2009
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74VKaae7zAll
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ISBN
0253045142
9780253045140
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439.1095694
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991024424919002626
