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Yiddish after 1945

Title
Yiddish after 1945 / edited by Marion Aptroot.
Publication
Amsterdam : Menasseh ben Israel Institute, 2018.

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Additional Authors
Aptroot, Marion
Description
66 pages; 21 cm
Summary
After the Second World War, Yiddish culture appeared to be all but annihilated. The murder of large numbers of Yiddish speakers during the Shoah, which came after almost a century of linguistic assimilation among of Ashkenazic Jews, seemed to mark the end of Yiddish as a living language. This caused serious concern among remaining Yiddish intellectuals such as authors, journalists, theatre and film makers and educators, who began to question how and if the use of the Yiddish language was to be continued. 0During the eleventh edition of the Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium, held in January 2017, three scholars of Yiddish literature and culture presented important observations and considerations regarding the state and future of Yiddish after the end of the Second World War. Gali Drucker Bar-Am mapped out major Yiddish cultural enterprises that took place around the world in the immediate post-war years. Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov discussed and analyzed Yiddish activities in Poland, a country with state-sponsored Jewish institutions, in the two decades following the Second World War. Anita Norich talked about the role of translation: translation as the herald of the end of a living Yiddish culture or as a means of preservation of this culture that enables it to continue to flourish. The current publication, edited by prof. Marion Aptroot, contains the proceedings of this symposium.
Series Statement
Amsterdam Yiddish symposium ; 11
Uniform Title
Amsterdam Yiddish symposium ; 11.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • In English; with short texts in Yiddish with English translation.
Call Number
JFD 18-3479
ISBN
  • 9789082265583
  • 9082265583
OCLC
1021883574
Title
Yiddish after 1945 / edited by Marion Aptroot.
Publisher
Amsterdam : Menasseh ben Israel Institute, 2018.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Amsterdam Yiddish symposium ; 11
Amsterdam Yiddish symposium ; 11.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
In English; with short texts in Yiddish with English translation.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Aptroot, Marion, editor.
Research Call Number
JFD 18-3479
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