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The Hit of the Century
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The Jewish theme in Ru.Shtetl is a metaphor. The closest mainstream parallel explaining the essence of what Patrick Lisidze conceived of is Siniavskii’s pseudonym, Abram Terts. Terts’s Jewishness was…

Contributor:

Psoy Korolenko

Places:

Moscow, Russia

Date:

2003

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Shtetl, Modernity, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, Language & Linguistics
At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee
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Sheet music for “At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee,” a song popularized by Sophie Tucker (ca. 1884–1966). Born Sophia Kalish in Tulchyn (today in Ukraine), Sophie Tucker immigrated to the United States…

Contributor:

Jack Glogau, Joe McCarthy, Al Piantadosi

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Art, Music, Jewish languages, Yiddish, Modernity

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music
Page with English title and photograph of woman in dress, next to drawings of three baby-like figures, one in dress, one in suit, and one with beard and hat.
Letter to the Editor: On Preferring English
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Esteemed editor: Permit me to say a couple of words about the educational work of the Arbeter Ring. I think that the work, as now conducted, is wasted. As far as the Arbeter Ring’s courses go there…

Contributor:

B. Sheyfer

Places:

Buffalo, United States of America

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Language & linguistics, Modernity, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Pedagogy & Schooling