CONTRIBUTOR

Alec (Leyzer) Burko

Independent Scholar

Leyzer Burko is a professional Yiddishist who has taught Yiddish in the YIVO Summer Program, the Worker's Circle, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is at work on a Yiddish Dialect Dictionary (yiddishdialectdictionary.com) which grew out of the research for his dissertation Saving Yiddish: Yiddish Studies and the Language Sciences in America, 1940-1970 (Jewish Theological Seminary, 2019). He edited the volume Mame-loshn by Nahum Stutchkoff, lives in the “Yiddish House” in the Bronx, and performs occasionally on the Yiddish stage.

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Review

Review of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary

Alec (Leyzer) Burko

A comprehensive review of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, including many examples of entries. 

Review

The New Yiddish Dialectology: A Review of Alexander Beider’s The Origins of Yiddish Dialects

Alec (Leyzer) Burko

Leyzer Burko reviews Alexander Beider’s recent monumental volume on the origins of Yiddish dialects.

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