Three Cities of Yiddish

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Yiddish | nr. 15
• This volume borrows its title from the first international Yiddish bestseller, Sholem Asch's epic trilogy Three Cities . Whereas Asch portrayed Jewish... Lees meer

Women, Men and Books

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Yiddish | nr. 16
• Yiddish literature is commonly perceived as a gendered cultural space, as neatly summarised by the line 'Story books for women, holy books for men' in... Lees meer

Yiddish in the Contemporary World

Gennady Estraikh

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Yiddish | nr. 1
• In August 1908, a few prominent Jews - socialists, liberals, non-political writers and cultural organizers - worked out a programme for promoting Yidd... Lees meer

Holocaust and Home

Hazel Frankel

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Yiddish | nr. 18
• Set in Lithuania and South Africa, the Yiddish poetry of David Fram (1903-1988) memorialises an almost-obliterated Jewish culture in the old country a... Lees meer