Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture, edited by Hannah S. Pressman, Lara Rabinovitch, and Shiri Goren textbook-shipeasy Set in turn-of-the-century Poland

Set in turn-of-the-century Poland

between real and imagined

Recounting the tales of Polish Jews in the second half of the nineteenth century – a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change – the novel depicts the Jewish community moving from the ghetto to prominence within Polish society

known as the Ari

By introducing the reader to the poet’s work through previously unpublished translations

Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture, edited by Hannah S. Pressman, Lara Rabinovitch, and Shiri Goren textbook-shipeasy Set in turn-of-the-century PolandYiddish Hip Hop, a nineteenth century "Hasidic Slasher," obscure Yiddish writers, and immigrant Jewish newspapers in Buenos Aires, Paris, and New York are just a few of the topics featured in Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture. Editors Lara Rabinovitch, Shiri Goren, and Hannah S. Pressman have gathered a diverse and richly layered collection of essays that demonstrates the currency of Yiddish scholarship in academia today.