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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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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Shylock’s Jewish Way of Speaking
What if Shylock spoke Yiddish? One experimental production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” did just that.
Jul 07, 2020
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Louis Zukofsky: Building a Poetics of Translation
How the poet Louis Zukofsky constructed his English-language American modernism by citing, translating, and adapting the Yiddish poetry of Yehoash.
Dec 16, 2019
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New Yiddish Film and the Transvernacular
The study of Yiddish cinema gets updated for the twenty-first century, Margolis explores how the language is being used in film in the last decade.
Dec 18, 2016