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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language

Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language

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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language

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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language

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New York: American Jewish Congress

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Judaism, 1997-06, Vol.46 (3), p.333

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English

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New York: American Jewish Congress

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The recent resurgence of iterest in Yiddish in the US has provoked vigorous disagreements over the history of Yiddish and the meaning of the language for contemporary Jewish identity. Two recently reissued books that bear on the issue are examined: Dan Miron's "A Traveler Disguised: The Rise of Modern Yiddish Fiction in the Nineteenth Century" and...

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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language

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0022-5762

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