“Peretz”
Review
Review of Adi Mahalel's The Radical Isaac: I. L. Peretz and the Rise of Jewish Socialism
Elazar Elhanan
Reading Peretz as a political thinker, Adi Mahalel offers a case for writing socialism into the center of the rise of modern Yiddish literature.
Jan 29, 2024
Article
The Small Talk of I. L. Peretz
David G. Roskies
In this peer-reviewed article, David Roskies explores Peretz's fondness for dialogue to discover the sound chamber of Polish Jewry.
May 22, 2016
Article
Weaving The Revolution: I. L. Peretz The Social Protest Writer
Adi Mahalel
In this peer-reviewed article, Adi Mahalel follows Peretz's search, through new literary styles, for new forms of revolutionary politics.
May 22, 2016
Article
Is There Such a Thing as “Yiddish Architecture”?
Cecile E. Kuznitz
The “spatial turn” in the humanities has opened up new kinds of thinking about Jews’ relationship to place. Yet how can this approach—which focuses on the physically concrete—be applied to the field of Yiddish studies, which after all is defined by the intangible factor of language?
Aug 10, 2015