# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: From the late eighteenth century onwards, as growing circles of the German-Jewish population shifted from speaking Yiddish to German, the once-popular early modern corpus of Old Yiddish literature ceased to be published in the German-speaking lands. But this rich literary corpus did not entirely disappear from the cultural landscape of modern German Jews. In A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818-1938, Aya Elyada shows how Old Yiddish texts continued to be retold, translated, adapted, discussed, and explored in the works of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century German Jewish authors.

In doing so, she uncovers a rich afterlife, in which these beloved Yiddish works were not only newly appreciated as historical monuments, but also served as the focus of lively discussions on a range of pertinent topics within modern German-Jewish culture, including tradition and secularization, acculturation and nostalgia, emancipation and antisemitism, gender relations, and religious reform. Illuminating how modern German-Jewish authors engaged with their premodern Yiddish heritage as central to modern Jewish experience and their distinctive cultural identity, this book unfolds a new dimension to German-Jewish history, culture, and literature.

Join YIVO for a discussion with Elyada about this book, led by Samuel Spinner.

Co-sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york-new-york/the-afterlife-of-yiddish-in-german-jewish-culture-1818-1938/200029826351925
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: New York, New York
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011-6301, United States, New York, New York

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938 being held?
  - **A:** The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938 takes place on Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm at Online event, 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011-6301, United States, New York, New York.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938?
  - **A:** The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818–1938 is organized by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
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