What must be forgotten : the survival of Yiddish in Zionist Palestine
"As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was eclipsed by the dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. Yael Chaver reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature that flourished vigorously but without legitimacy." "Because of the flexibility of Yiddish, authors in Israel were able to give voice to minority members of the Yishuv. The use of Yiddish persisted for many years - in conversation, in newspapers, and in songs." "Using rare archival material and personal interviews, What Must Be Forgotten unearths dimensions largely neglected in mainstream books on Yiddish and Hebrew studies."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2004
Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y., 2004
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780815630500, 0815630506
55744522
Nationalism, Zionism, and the formation of a national narrative
Meeting expectations? : the Palestinian fiction of Zalmen Brokhes
The problematics of "language wanderings"
Outcasts within : the Yishuv experience in the fiction of Avrom Rivess
Writing as a native : the "Canaanizing" poetry of Rikuda Potash