Yiddish and the Left : Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish

Name: Yiddish and the Left
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9781900755481
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ISBN: 9781900755481

by Gennady Estraikh

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1900755483

ISBN-13 9781900755481

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Legenda

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 30th, 2001

Print length 336 Pages

Weight 110 grams

Product Classification: Sociolinguistics Social groups: religious groups and communities Jewish studies Far-left political ideologies and movements Marxism & Communism Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

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This is a selection of papers from the third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish, exploring the relationship between the Yiddish language and Leftist movements such as communism and socialism.

For over a century Yiddish served as a major vehicle for expressing left-wing ideas and sensitivities. A language without country, an "ugly jargon" despised by assimilationist Jewish bourgeoisie and nationalist Zionists alike, it was embraced as genuine folk idiom by Jewish adherents of socialism and communism worldwide. Following the Holocaust, Yiddish was the primary language of education, culture and propaganda for millions of people on five continents. This volume examines the diversity of relationships between Yiddish and the Left, from the attitude of Yiddish writers to apartheid in South Africa to the vicissitudes of the Yiddish communist press in the Soviet Union and the USA.

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