Yivo And The Making Of Modern Jewish Culture
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Yivo And The Making Of Modern Jewish Culture
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Author : Cecile Esther Kuznitz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-21
Yivo And The Making Of Modern Jewish Culture written by Cecile Esther Kuznitz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-21 with History categories.
This book is the first history of YIVO, an important center for Jewish culture and politics in the early twentieth century.
I L Peretz And The Making Of Modern Jewish Culture
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Author : Ruth R. Wisse
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2015-07-01
I L Peretz And The Making Of Modern Jewish Culture written by Ruth R. Wisse and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with Social Science categories.
I. L. Peretz (1852–1915), the father of modern Yiddish literature, was a master storyteller and social critic who advocated a radical shift from religious observance to secular Jewish culture. Wisse explores Peretz’s writings in relation to his ideology, which sought to create a strong Jewish identity separate from the trappings of religion.
The Yivo Encyclopedia Of Jews In Eastern Europe
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Author : Gershon David Hundert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Yivo Encyclopedia Of Jews In Eastern Europe written by Gershon David Hundert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
This unprecedented reference work systematically represents the history and culture of Eastern European Jews from their first settlement in the region to the present day. More than 1,800 alphabetical entries encompass a vast range of topics, including religion, folklore, politics, art, music, theater, language and literature, places, organizations, intellectual movements, and important figures. The two-volume set also features more than 1,000 illustrations and 55 maps. With original and up-to-date contributions from an international team of 450 distinguished scholars, the Encyclopedia covers the region between Germany and the Ural Mountains, from which more than 2.5 million Jews emigrated to the United States between 1870 and 1920. Even today the majority of Jewish immigrants to North America arrive from Eastern Europe. Engaging, wide-ranging, and authoritative, this work is a rich and essential reference for readers with interests in Jewish studies and Eastern European history and culture. Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
East European Jews In Two Worlds
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Author : Deborah Dash Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
East European Jews In Two Worlds written by Deborah Dash Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
"East European Jews in Two Worlds: Studies from the "YIVO Annual""includes articles by some of the most prominent figures in contemporary Jewish scholarship.This collection from "YIVO Annual'"searlier issues provides a variety of perspectives historical, sociological, and literary on modern Jewish life."
Languages Of Modern Jewish Cultures
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Author : Anita Norich
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2016-04-06
Languages Of Modern Jewish Cultures written by Anita Norich and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This collection of essays brings to Jewish Language Studies the conceptual frameworks that have become increasingly important to Jewish Studies more generally: transnationalism, multiculturalism, globalization, hybrid cultures, multilingualism, and interlingual contexts. Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures collects work from prominent scholars in the field, bringing world literary and linguistic perspectives to generate distinctively new historical, cultural, theoretical, and scientific approaches to this topic of ongoing interest. Chapters of this edited volume consider from multiple angles the cultural politics of myths, fantasies, and anxieties of linguistic multiplicity in the history, cultures, folkways, and politics of global Jewry. Methodological range is as important to this project as linguistic range. Thus, in addition to approaches that highlight influence, borrowings, or acculturation, the volume represents those that highlight syncretism, the material conditions of Jewish life, and comparatist perspectives.
Warsaw The Jewish Metropolis Paperback
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Author : Glenn Dynner
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-04-14
Warsaw The Jewish Metropolis Paperback written by Glenn Dynner and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-14 with Religion categories.
Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis offers analyses of the cultural, religious, political and intellectual history of Warsaw Jewry, once the leading Jewish metropolis in Europe and the world.
A Mortuary Of Books
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2019-04-30
A Mortuary Of Books written by and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with History categories.
The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of Nazi-looted books, archival material, and ritual objects that Army members had found hidden in German caches. These items bore testimony to the cultural genocide that accompanied the Nazis’ systematic acts of mass murder. The depot built a short-lived lieu de memoire—a “mortuary of books,” as the later renowned historian Lucy Dawidowicz called it—with over three million books of Jewish origin coming from nineteen different European countries awaiting restitution. A Mortuary of Books tells the miraculous story of the many Jewish organizations and individuals who, after the war, sought to recover this looted cultural property and return the millions of treasured objects to their rightful owners. Some of the most outstanding Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Dawidowicz, Hannah Arendt, Salo W. Baron, and Gershom Scholem, were involved in this herculean effort. This led to the creation of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc., an international body that acted as the Jewish trustee for heirless property in the American Zone and transferred hundreds of thousands of objects from the Depot to the new centers of Jewish life after the Holocaust. The commitment of these individuals to the restitution of cultural property revealed the importance of cultural objects as symbols of the enduring legacy of those who could not be saved. It also fostered Jewish culture and scholarly life in the postwar world.
Conscious History
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Author : Natalia Aleksiun
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2021-07-31
Conscious History written by Natalia Aleksiun and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-31 with Social Science categories.
Thoroughly researched, this study highlights the historical scholarship that is one of the lasting legacies of interwar Polish Jewry and analyses its political and social context. As Jewish citizens struggled to assert their place in a newly independent Poland, a dedicated group of Jewish scholars fascinated by history devoted themselves to creating a sense of Polish Jewish belonging while also fighting for their rights as an ethnic minority. The political climate made it hard for these men and women to pursue an academic career; instead they had to continue their efforts to create and disseminate Polish Jewish history by teaching outside the university and publishing in scholarly and popular journals. By introducing the Jewish public to a pantheon of historical heroes to celebrate and anniversaries to commemorate, they sought to forge a community aware of its past, its cultural heritage, and its achievements---though no less important were their efforts to counter the increased hostility towards Jews in the public discourse of the day. In highlighting the role of public intellectuals and the social role of scholars and historical scholarship, this study adds a new dimension to the understanding of the Polish Jewish world in the interwar period.
Yiddish In Israel
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Author : Rachel Rojanski
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-07
Yiddish In Israel written by Rachel Rojanski and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-07 with History categories.
Yiddish in Israel: A History challenges the commonly held view that Yiddish was suppressed or even banned by Israeli authorities for ideological reasons, offering instead a radical new interpretation of the interaction between Yiddish and Israeli Hebrew cultures. Author Rachel Rojanski tells the compelling and yet unknown story of how Yiddish, the most widely used Jewish language in the pre-Holocaust world, fared in Zionist Israel, the land of Hebrew. Following Yiddish in Israel from the proclamation of the State until today, Rojanski reveals that although Israeli leadership made promoting Hebrew a high priority, it did not have a definite policy on Yiddish. The language's varying fortune through the years was shaped by social and political developments, and the cultural atmosphere in Israel. Public perception of the language and its culture, the rise of identity politics, and political and financial interests all played a part. Using a wide range of archival sources, newspapers, and Yiddish literature, Rojanski follows the Israeli Yiddish scene through the history of the Yiddish press, Yiddish theater, early Israeli Yiddish literature, and high Yiddish culture. With compassion, she explores the tensions during Israel's early years between Yiddish writers and activists and Israel's leaders, most of whom were themselves Eastern European Jews balancing their love of Yiddish with their desire to promote Hebrew. Finally Rojanski follows Yiddish into the 21st century, telling the story of the revived interest in Yiddish among Israeli-born children of Holocaust survivors as they return to the language of their parents.
The Lost Library
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Author : Dan Rabinowitz
language : en
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-04
The Lost Library written by Dan Rabinowitz and has been published by Brandeis University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-04 with History categories.
The Strashun Library was among the most important Jewish public institutions in Vilna, and indeed in Eastern Europe, prior to its destruction during World War II. Mattityahu Strashun, descended from a long and distinguished line of rabbis, bequeathed his extensive personal library of 5,753 volumes to the Vilna Jewish community on his death in 1885, with instructions that it remain open to all. In the summer of 1941, the Nazis came to Vilna, plundered the library, and shipped many of its books to Germany for deposition at a future Institute for Research into the Jewish Question. When the war ended, the recovery effort began. Against all odds, a number of the greatest treasures of the library could be traced. However, owing to its diverse holdings and its many prewar patrons, a custody battle erupted over the remaining holdings. Who should be heir to the Strashun Library? This book tells the story of the Strashun Library from its creation through the contentious battle for ownership following the war until present day. Pursuant to a settlement in 1958, the remnants of the greatest prewar library in Europe were split between two major institutions: the secular YIVO in the United States and the rabbinic library of Hechal Shlomo in Israel, a compromise that struck at the heart of the library's original unifying mission.