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A Manifesto for Turkish Jewish Literature
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…

Contributor:

Avram Naon

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Writing, Jewish identity, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
The Quarrel between Hebrew and Yiddish
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Hebrew:Woe be to me, in my old age,That it should have to come to this:That I stand in judgment hereWith a shameless servant girlAnd her vulgar band of friends.No one knows me anymore!Yiddish:Oh…

Contributor:

Di bin (The Bee)

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

ca. 1906

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Jewish languages, Satire, Yiddish

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Humor & Satire