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Yiddish in Israel : a history /

Yiddish in Israel: A History 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 com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rojanski, Rachel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
Colección:Perspectives on Israel studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments. 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 diaspora": Yiddish actors, Yiddish theater, and the Jewish State, 1948-1965
  • "To assemble the scattered spirit of Israel": high Yiddish culture
  • Di goldene keyt and the Yiddish chair at the Hebrew university
  • "We are writing a new chapter in Yiddish literature": the literary group Yung Yisroel and the Zionist master narrative
  • "You no longer need to be afraid to love Yiddish": 1965, the production of Di megile, and the return of Eastern Europe to Israel's collective memory
  • The end of the twentieth century: private memory, collective image, and the retreat from the melting pot
  • Epilogue.