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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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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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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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
Review
New Resources for Studying Jewish Women's Lives in Early Modern Europe
Two new publications offer rich and engaging material for the further exploration of Jewish life in early modern Europe.
May 24, 2021
Review
Claudia Rosenzweig's Bovo d’Antona by Elye Bokher. A Yiddish Romance: A Critical Edition with Commentary
A review of Claudia Rosenzweig’s new critical edition of the bove-bukh.
May 25, 2017
Review
Jerold C. Frakes: Early Yiddish Epic
Jerold Frakes’s recent English anthology makes early Yiddish epic accessible to a broad audience for the first time.
Oct 05, 2016
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The Schandmaske, Silence, and mame-loshn
Was Yiddish literature of the early modern period an outlet for the voices of women, or did it participate in their suppression, like the iron tongue of the Rothenburg Schandmaske?
Aug 30, 2015