“popular culture”
Blog
Call for Papers: Murder, Lust, and Laughter, or, Shund Theatre
The Editors
We are seeking submissions for a special issue on Yiddish popular theater.
May 18, 2020
Review
Labor, Love, and Life in Immigrant London
David Slucki
In this groundbreaking study, Lachs draws upon often ignored documents of popular culture (conventionally written off as shund by her predecessors) in order to paint a vivid picture of working class immigrant London at the turn of the 20th century.
Nov 04, 2019
Blog
Another 'Tradition Omission': Reconsidering Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Shaina Hammerman
Fiddler’s Yiddish translation merits discussion in The New York Times, not as history or metaphor, but as a window into how Jews tell stories about themselves.
Apr 15, 2019
Blog
Playlisticle: Yiddish Orality in an Age of Digital Reproduction
David G. Roskies
A playlisticle of Yiddish speech acts available in digital formats.
Jun 25, 2018
Review
Yiddish Mass Culture in History and Practice: Eddy Portnoy's Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange But True Stories of the Yiddish Press
Ayelet Brinn
Apr 09, 2018