“khurbn”

Review

Review of Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish by Hannah Pollin-Galay

Avinoam Patt

There is a well-known Yiddish proverb that argues Verter zol men vegn un nit tseyln (Words should be weighed and not counted). But when one pays attention to the weight of words in the way Hannah Pollin-Galay does, every word counts.

Review

Review of Barry Trachtenberg's The Holocaust and the Exile of Yiddish: A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

Samuel J. Spinner

The three decades of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye trace the fate of Yiddish diaspora nationalism before and after the Second World War and the genocide of Europe’s Jews.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Place of the Khurbn in Yiddish Language Classes

Sandra Chiritescu

How and when do our readers teach khurbn materials in their Yiddish language classes? We've assembled responses to this poll in our loyt di lerers series.