Pay in 4 interest-free payments of $9.00 Learn more
Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Aug 29 - Sep 3
the author Anna Epstein has uncovered Ravitsh’s daring and exuberant adventure
These additions increase considerably the work of the women poets represented
“With all due respect to Zero Mostel and Topol in Fiddler on the Roof
attracting notice from the New York Times
Yiddish: Biography of a Language by Jeffrey Shandler eBook the author Anna Epstein hasThe most widely spoken Jewish language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewish life today, from Hasidim for whom it is a language of daily life to avant garde performers, political activists, and LGBTQ writers turning to Yiddish for inspiration. Yiddish: Biography of a Language presents the story of this centuries old language, the defining vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, from its origins to the present.
