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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The Image of Streetwalkers in Itzik Manger’s and Debora Vogel’s Ballads
By considering the image of the streetwalker in Manger’s and Vogel’s work, this article deepens the understanding of Yiddish creativity as ultimately multimodal and interconnected.
Dec 02, 2020
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A Poetic Paradox: Gender and Self in Anna Margolin’s Mary Cycle
Weininger analyzes Anna Margolin’s cycle of poems entitled “Mary,” exploring her use of Christological themes and figures and the expression of identity and self-definition in the poems.
May 18, 2017
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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
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Dream of a Common loshn
How can we read Yiddish poetry across time to find a new common language? How can we create a space for the imagined dialogues of Kadia Molodowsky and Adrienne Rich with their foremothers, an alternative narrative of blood and text?
Aug 11, 2015