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Review
Review of Socialist Yiddishlands: Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991, edited by Miriam Chorley-Schulz and Alexander Walther
Socialist Yiddishlands sets the stage for what could be a shift in how scholars think about the relationships among Yiddish, the Cold War, the effects of the Cold War on Jews around the world, the Soviet Bloc countries, and the lived realities of those who actively participated in the development of state socialism.
Jan 05, 2026