Articles
Essays and peer-reviewed scholarship in Yiddish Studies, an interdisciplinary field that engages all aspects of Yiddish cultural production, especially in its relationship to other cultures and languages.
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Race, Sex, and the Pursuit of Americanness in Borukh Glazman’s Fiction
The analysis that follows approaches race in Glazman’s fiction primarily through its psychological and metaphysical dimensions rather than its social history. Although his work reproduces prevailing racist stereotypes, especially in depictions of Black women, his deeper preoccupation is the corrosive effect of racism on the psyche of Jewish male characters.
Jun 25, 2026
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On Names, Rupture, and Responsibility: A Response
If the manifesto is to do anything, to make anything, it will be in how others take up its charges, reformulate its conclusions, and object to its provocations. I am less interested in its mechanical application than in its ghostly afterlives. It is these possible flights that humble me.
Jan 08, 2025
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Old Yiddish Literature: Historical and Cultural Perspectives: A Special Issue of In geveb
The introduction previews how contributions expand our knowledge of Old Yiddish literature, while also shedding light on the study of popular culture, intercultural exchange, and gender.
Jul 12, 2024
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On Editing the Old Yiddish Arthurian Romance Viduvilt
A report on the process of creating a scholarly edition of the Old Yiddish Arthurian romance Viduvilt.
Jul 12, 2024
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The Catalog of Thirty-One Kings: Thoughts in the Twenty-First Century on Old Yiddish Epic
Focusing on a retelling of Joshua 12:7–24, this study demonstrates the role of the epic in the representation of biblical themes in Old Yiddish literature.
Jul 12, 2024
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The Writing Werewolf: Rabbinic Identity and Linguistic Understanding in the Old Yiddish Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories, 1602)
Language politics are embodied by a rabbi-turned-werewolf in a mayse from one of the most influential and popular early modern Yiddish books.
Jul 12, 2024
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The Dangers of Being without a Frame (Con licenza de Superiori)
By presenting rewritten Hebrew fables without an authorial frame-story, the Kü-bukh presents morals that are the very opposite of what could be expected.
Jul 12, 2024
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Women Wrote: Glikl in Context
Placing Glikl’s writing alongside writings by other contemporary women in central Europe reveals what characterized their shared literary and cultural context.
Jul 12, 2024
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A German Tune, A Hebrew Script: A Yiddish Translation of Lutheran Liturgy
A Yiddish translation of a Protestant morning hymn reveals interreligious and intercultural exchange of religious poetry and music.
Jul 12, 2024
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“An altogether unusual love and understanding”: The Shomer Sisters and the Gender Politics of Shund Theatre
Examining Rose Shomer Bachelis and Miriam Shomer Zunser in the context of their famous shund-writing family, this article argues that their operetta “Der liebes tants” -- a love triangle with an Apache dance motif -- should be read against the grain to emphasize the importance of sisterhood.
Apr 21, 2023