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Essay Dreaming in Mother Tongues Earlier this week, Dr. Hannah S. Pressman wrote about the idea behind Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture and when she first began to… Hannah S. Pressman February 8, 2013
Essay Yiddish and Us Earlier this week, Dr. Hannah S. Pressman wrote about when she first began to study Yiddish. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Hannah S. Pressman February 6, 2013
Essay Yiddish and Me Dr. Hannah S. Pressman is the co-editor, with Lara Rabinovitch and Shiri Goren, of Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture. She is the editor of… Hannah S. Pressman February 4, 2013
Nonfiction Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture Lara Rabinovitch, Goren Shiri, Hannah S. Pressman, eds.
Essay The Beauty of Broken English Janice Steinberg’s most recent book, The Tin Horse, is now available. She will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.I thought… Janice Steinberg January 29, 2013
Nonfiction Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business Joel Berkowitz and Barbara Henry, eds.
Nonfiction Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War Jonathan Rosenberg
Essay Speaking Backwards Earlier this week, Harry Brod wrote about a couple of sayings with which he disagrees and why he always has a valid passport. He will be blogging here all week… Harry Brod December 19, 2012
Essay A Yiddishist in Vilnius Steve Stern’s most recent book, The Book of Mischief, is now available. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I had fun in… Steve Stern September 4, 2012
Poetry Drunk From the Bitter Truth: The Poems of Anna Margoloin Anna Margolin, Shirley Kumove, trans.
Fiction Radiant Days, Haunted Nights: Great Tales From the Treasury of Yiddish Folk Literature Joachim Neugroschel, ed. and trans.