“israel”
Review
Review of Diego Rotman's The Yiddish Stage as a Temporary Home
Debra Caplan
In this study of Shimen Dzigan and Yisroel Schumacher, Diego Rotman presents a study of the subversive power of Yiddish comedy in the twentieth century.
Sep 18, 2023
Review
Stranger in a Strange Land? A Review of Rachel Rojanski’s Yiddish in Israel
Avi Blitz
Rojanski’s work provides a comprehensive picture of the events and personalities that chart the history of Yiddish in Israel.
Oct 20, 2021
Blog
Asch Remembered: Sholem Asch Hoyz in Bat Yam
Yaakov Herskovitz
Sholem Asch’s arrival at the small house at 50 Arlozorov Street in the coastal town of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, was to be his final move in over two decades of travels. Six decades later, the house has been carefully restored and reopened as a museum.
Feb 16, 2020
Blog
The Tsene-rene: In Search of a Seventeenth-Century Yiddish Bible in Modern-Day Jerusalem
Avi Blitz
Avi Blitz discusses the popularity and gender-inflected attitude toward the Tsene-rene in Haredi communities in contemporary Israel.
May 06, 2019
Blog
“Being a man was about being tough, not backing down”: Rappers, Hasids, Sabras, and the Battle for the Future of Jewish Israeli Male Identity
Avi Blitz
Zionism sought to alter forever the image of the Jewish male. Avi Blitz looks at what happened, and how Yiddish fits in.
Feb 19, 2019
Blog
Translated and Improved: Yiddish Pop Culture in Israel
Avi Blitz
Yiddish is moving from the outskirts to the center of Israeli pop culture. Avi Blitz asks how that happens.
Nov 26, 2018
Blog
Shtisel’s Ghosts: The Politics of Yiddish in Israeli Popular Culture
Shayna Weiss
An Israeli TV show about the Hasidic Shtisel family explores the country's complicated language politics.
Mar 06, 2016