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

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

Legenda Studies in Yiddish

Gennady Estraikh

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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 g...

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