Yiddish Warsaw on the Hudson
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Ofer Dynes | Delivered in Yiddish.
The 1930s saw the immigration of a cohort of Yiddish writers from Poland to the United States that included Israel Joshua Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Kadya Molodowsky, Nachman Meisel, Melech Ravitch, and Aaron Zeitlin. Unlike many of their American contemporaries, they were all established writers prior to their emigration. This talk will explore how these authors' shared experience as immigrant writers shaped their understanding of the role of Yiddish in American cultural life, how this vision evolved during the World War II, and how their reimagining of Yiddish literature’s significance for American Jewry influenced their writings.
Part of the Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.
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The 1930s saw the immigration of a cohort of Yiddish writers from Poland to the United States that included Israel Joshua Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Kadya Molodowsky, Nachman Meisel, Melech Ravitch, and Aaron Zeitlin. Unlike many of their American contemporaries, they were all established writers prior to their emigration. This talk will explore how these authors' shared experience as immigrant writers shaped their understanding of the role of Yiddish in American cultural life, how this vision evolved during the World War II, and how their reimagining of Yiddish literature’s significance for American Jewry influenced their writings.
Part of the Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.
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