Articles
Essays and peer-reviewed scholarship in Yiddish Studies, an interdisciplinary field that engages all aspects of Yiddish cultural production, especially in its relationship to other cultures and languages.
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Review
Review of Adi Mahalel's The Radical Isaac: I. L. Peretz and the Rise of Jewish Socialism
Reading Peretz as a political thinker, Adi Mahalel offers a case for writing socialism into the center of the rise of modern Yiddish literature.
Jan 29, 2024
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The Small Talk of I. L. Peretz
In this peer-reviewed article, David Roskies explores Peretz’s fondness for dialogue to discover the sound chamber of Polish Jewry.
May 22, 2016
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Weaving The Revolution: I. L. Peretz The Social Protest Writer
In this peer-reviewed article, Adi Mahalel follows Peretz’s search, through new literary styles, for new forms of revolutionary politics.
May 22, 2016
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Is There Such a Thing as “Yiddish Architecture”?
The “spatial turn” in the humanities has opened up new kinds of thinking about Jews’ relationship to place. Yet how can this approach — which focuses on the physically concrete — be applied to the field of Yiddish studies, which after all is defined by the intangible factor of language?
Aug 10, 2015