Yiddishkeit
 

Jewish-American Splendor

 

Harvey Pekar's final grumble.

By Sephora Markson Hartz

The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture

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Chaim Zhitlovsky
one man's contribution to Yiddish culture.

By David Fishman

Passionate Pioneers

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The story of secular Yiddish education in North America, 1910-1960.

By Fradle Pomerantz Freidenreich


The Joke's on Irving Howe
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A look at Yiddish books that
make us laugh.
By Neal Karlen

Yiddishkeit in America
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"Food Will Win the War," United States Food Administration, ca. 1917
A lesson in language and identity.
By Irena Klepfisz

Still Outwitting History
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A heimish look at the persistence
of Yiddish.
By Aaron Lansky


Some Totally Radical Women
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The revolutionary use of Yiddish in the early 20th century.

By Tony Michels

And the Award Goes to... Queer Yiddishkeit
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Something queer's going on in the contemporary Yiddish scene.

By Kathleen Peratis


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