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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language.
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A renewed interest in the Yiddish language in the US is evidenced by revivals of Yiddish theater and klezmer music, the increasing popularity of Yiddish literature and the increase in Yiddish courses being offered at universities. However, the resurgence in this language has also triggered intense debate over the historical meaning and cultural status of Yiddish and its ramifications for modern Jewish identity.
In a New York times magazine article last year, Jonathan Rosen described ...
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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; In a New York times magazine article last year, Jonathan Rosen described the resurgence currently enjoyed by Yiddish in the United States. Evidence of this new interest in the language includes not only an increase in Yiddish courses at U.S. colleges and the growing popularity of Yiddish
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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The joy of Yiddish theater
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; BRIAN ABERBACK, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-05-2005 The joy of Yiddish theater -- Teaneck man's mission: keeping the language alive By BRIAN ABERBACK, STAFF WRITER Date: 04-05-2005, Tuesday Section: LOCAL Edtion: All Editions Biographical: ZALMEN MLOTEK The lights dimmed in the
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Joel Berkowitz. Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage.(Book Review)
Comparative Drama
; ... was still living. However, Avigdor learns this history not from a ghost but from a letter written by his father. On getting the news, Avigdor imagines he sees his dead father. Like Hamlet, Avigdor is involved in intrigue during the play, though its primary concern ...
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Inventing Yiddish: Observations on the rise of a "debased" language
Judaism
; IN A NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE ARTICLE LAST YEAR, Jonathan Rosen described the resurgence currently enjoyed by Yiddish in the United States. Evidence of this new interest in the language includes not only an increase in Yiddish courses at U.S. colleges and the growing popularity of Yiddish
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Yiddish is on rebound
Chicago Sun-Times
; `AWarsaw sausage at the American embassy in Israel!" It sounded even funnier in Yiddish and what really cracked up the audience was that the words came from Helen Brown, the American ambassador's wife. In the original: "A Varshaver kolbas in di Amerikanishe ambassade in Yisruel!" Who would ever
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'Sunshine Boys' To Reunite In Yiddish
The New York Jewish Week
; Theodore Bikel and Fyvush Finkel will spar this winter, as only 80-something Yiddish-speaking actors can, when they co-star in a revival of Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys" - performed for the first time in North America in Yiddish. The staged reading, produced by the newly renamed National Yiddish
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Trailblazing Yiddish Action Flick Makes Waves
Forward
; Weiss, Anthony Forward 02-24-2006 In December 2005, two Orthodox brothers from Monsey, N.Y. -- Yakov and Mendel Kirsh -- released "A Gesheft" ("The Deal the first Yiddish feature film to come out of the ultra-Orthodox world, and one of very few Yiddish movies made since 1950. The movie was
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Yiddish Showtime
Jerusalem Post
; Helen Kaye Jerusalem Post 04-15-1997 Comedienne Hanna Laszlo and singer Dudu Fisher are the headliners in the YiddiShpiel's (Israel Yiddish Theater) festive 10th anniversary variety show, with Rosinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and Almonds), which opens May 17. According to the stellar duo, Yiddish is a
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TO BE or NOT TO BE: Avi Hoffman, sweet prince of Yiddish comedy and
The Jewish Week
; Daniel Schifrin The Jewish Week 01-05-1995 TO BE or NOT TO BE: Avi Hoffman, sweet prince of Yiddish comedy and. theater, wants the show to go on. In 1968, at the tender age of 10, Avi Hoffman was already the child star of New York's Yiddish theater, getting rave reviews from The New York Times that
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Interesting look at star of Yiddish theater
Daily Breeze
; The other day when I was annoyed by something, I said, without first thinking about it, "Oy, gevalt!" As with many a gentile, Yiddish words and turns of phrase have permeated my speech, just as they have American English in general. Theavenue of transmission has been show business, especially the
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