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Author : Hannah S. Pressman
Release : 2012-12-17
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 996/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Choosing Yiddish by : Hannah S. Pressman
Download or read book Choosing Yiddish written by Hannah S. Pressman. This book was released on 2012-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students and teachers of Yiddish studies will enjoy this innovative collection.
Author : Joni Sussman
Release : 2014-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 758/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My First Yiddish Word Book by : Joni Sussman
Download or read book My First Yiddish Word Book written by Joni Sussman. This book was released on 2014-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters but pronounced more like German? Introduce your kids to their mama loshen (mother tongue) and open the door to their cultural heritage! The basic Yiddish vocabulary includes more than 150 words for family members, objects in the home and school, colors and numbers. Each concept is presented with a bright picture, the Yiddish word, and the translation and transliteration. The once-thriving language, spoken by millions, is undergoing a revival, and kids will enjoy learning to speak the colorful tongue.
Author : S.A. Birnbaum
Release : 2016-09-23
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 343/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Yiddish by : S.A. Birnbaum
Download or read book Yiddish written by S.A. Birnbaum. This book was released on 2016-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great Yiddish scholars of the twentieth century, S.A. Birnbaum (1891–1989) published Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar in 1979 towards the end of a long and prolific career. Unlike other grammars and study guides for English speakers, Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar fully describes the Southern Yiddish dialect and pronunciation used today by most native speakers, while also taking into account Northern Yiddish and Standard Yiddish, associated with secularist and academic circles. The book also includes specimens of Yiddish prose and poetic texts spanning eight centuries, sampling Yiddish literature from the medieval to modern eras across its vast European geographic expanse. The second edition of Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar makes this classic text available again to students, teachers, and Yiddish-speakers alike. Featuring three new introductory essays by noted Yiddish scholars, a corrected version of the text, and an expanded and updated bibliography, this book is essential reading for any serious student of Yiddish and its culture.
Author : Leo Rosten
Release : 1968
Genre : English language
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 512/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Joys of Yiddish by : Leo Rosten
Download or read book The Joys of Yiddish written by Leo Rosten. This book was released on 1968. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express anything from ecstasy to horror? Here are words heard 'round the English-speaking world: chutzpa, or gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, " ... that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and his father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." Then there's mish-mosh, or mess, hodgepodge, total confusion ... and shamus, or private eye. They're all here and more, in Leo Rosten's glorious classic The Joys of Yiddish, which weds scholarship to humor and redefines dictionary to reflect the heart and soul of a people through their language, illuminating each entry with marvelous stories and epigrams from folklore and the Talmud, from Bible to borscht belt and beyond. With Rosten's help, anyone can pronounce and master the nuances of words that convey everything from compassion to skepticism. Savor the irresistible pleasure of Yiddish in this banquet of a book!--Amazon.com.
Author : Abigail Wood
Release : 2016-04-08
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 263/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis And We're All Brothers: Singing in Yiddish in Contemporary North America by : Abigail Wood
Download or read book And We're All Brothers: Singing in Yiddish in Contemporary North America written by Abigail Wood. This book was released on 2016-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of the twenty-first century marked a turning period for American Yiddish culture. The 'Old World' of Yiddish-speaking Eastern Europe was fading from living memory - yet at the same time, Yiddish song enjoyed a renaissance of creative interest, both among a younger generation seeking reengagement with the Yiddish language, and, most prominently via the transnational revival of klezmer music. The last quarter of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first saw a steady stream of new songbook publications and recordings in Yiddish - newly composed songs, well-known singers performing nostalgic favourites, American popular songs translated into Yiddish, theatre songs, and even a couple of forays into Yiddish hip hop; musicians meanwhile engaged with discourses of musical revival, post-Holocaust cultural politics, the transformation of language use, radical alterity and a new generation of American Jewish identities. This book explores how Yiddish song became such a potent medium for musical and ideological creativity at the twilight of the twentieth century, presenting an episode in the flowing timeline of a musical repertory - New York at the dawn of the twenty-first century - and outlining some of the trajectories that Yiddish song and its singers have taken to, and beyond, this point.
