In this comprehensive study Paul Wexler demonstrates that Yiddish is a Slavic language largely relexified to genuine and artificial German and Hebrew, as a cryptic language of trade in the Khazar Empire in the 9-10th centuries for the use of multilingual Jewish merchants, who en…
In this comprehensive study Paul Wexler demonstrates that Yiddish is a Slavic language largely relexified to genuine and artificial German and Hebrew, as a cryptic language of trade in the Khazar Empire in the 9-10th centuries for the use of multilingual Jewish merchants, who en…
Only a world war could bring us such elegance: Milgroym, Rimon, and periodic bilingualism in Berlin -- Breathing Hebrew with both lungs: Hebrew and Yiddish in Palestine -- The belated bilingualism of Zalman Shneour and Y.D. Berkovitz -- Bound up in the bond of Hebrew literature:…
"At the beginning of the twentieth century, ambitious young writers flocked from Jewish towns and villages to cultural centers like Warsaw, Odessa, and Vilna to seek their fortunes. These writers, typically proficient in both Hebrew and Yiddish, gathered in literary salons and c…
Yiddish in Israel: a history
by ProQuest (Firme), Rojanski, Rachel
fromPerspectives on Israel studies