Erik Joas is an epidemiologist and Yiddishist based in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is a board member of the Swedish Yiddish Association and studies Yiddish at the University of Lund, Sweden.
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‘Propaganda for Swedish Literature’ in Yiddish: On Mordko Forlerer
Erik Joas and Olof Bortz
Mordechai Forlerer is today largely forgotten, even in Sweden, but during the interwar period he dedicated himself to what he called “propaganda for Swedish literature” (“propaganda för svensk litteratur”) in the Yiddish-speaking world.
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