This unique work, written in 1938, was one of the first books for young readers describing the early days of what came to be known as the holocaust. Jeffrey shandler has 15 books on goodreads with 1734 ratings. An introduction to the yiddish language and to jewish life and culture in yiddish and english 6th rev. Televising the holocaust, jews, god, and videotape. Yankev glatshteyn, author, jeffrey shandler, translator, trans. By examining the meaning of shtetl, jeffrey shandler asks how jewish life in provincial towns in eastern europe has become the subject of extensive creativity, memory, and scholarship. Jeffrey shandler rutgers university he has written and lectured widely on american and east european jewish culture, specializing in modern yiddish culture, holocaust remembrance, and the role that broadcasting, photography, film, and other media play in modern jewish life, among other topics. Written in yiddish and intended for students at yiddish afternoon and weekend schools, the book was published in new york in 1940. Postvernacular language and culture jeffrey shandler. A vernacular intellectual history traces the trajectory of writing about these townsby jews and nonjews, residents and visitors, researchers, novelists, memoirists, journalists and othersto demonstrate how the yiddish word for town emerged as a key word in jewish culture and studies. Ajs distinguished lectureship program jeffrey shandler.
His recently published book is called jews, god and videotape. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of. How yiddish changed america and how america changed. Wex, whose books have done much to popularize yiddish, emphasized its cultural and humorous dimensions.
This volume, part of a series issued by dover publications which includes over two dozen languages, among them modern hebrew, indonesian, and. Yiddishenglishhebrew dictionary by jeffrey shandler. Jeffrey shandler, chair and distinguished professor of jewish studies at rutgers university, offers an illuminating essay on the modern use of yiddish by chasidic jews in shopping for yiddish. The idea of a postvernacular yiddish culture comes from the work of rutgers university jewish studies professor jeffrey shandler, whose 2006 book, adventures in yiddishland, explored the idea of the language offering a sort of symbolic homeland. Jeffrey shandlers most popular book is emil and karl.
Yiddish is a germanic language closely related to high german, but of ashkenazi jewish origina judeoeuropean patois heavily infused with hebrew and aramaic as well as subtle influences from slavic and roma. See andy warhols 1980 series of luminaries of the 20thcentury jewish world. It is among the very first books written about the holocaust for. Guest presentation by josh friedman tba tba 12 studying yiddish after the war uriel weinreich. It is stored as memories, as fragments of phrases, as books that have long gone unread. A brilliant and original take on yiddish in the postworld war ii period. Autobiographies of jewish youth in poland before the holocaust, by jeffrey shandler. Jeffrey shandler, rutgers university faculty, jewish studies. Shandler has authored numerous books on modern and contemporary jewish culture, holocaust remembrance and the role broadcasting, photography, film and other media play in jewish life.
Originally written in yiddish in 1938, it is one of the most accomplished works of childrens literature in this language. Jeffrey shandler on yiddish performances by holocaust survivors. While at the katz center, he will focus on museum practices in jewish life and particularly the intersections between the jewish home and jewish. He has also written about the role that broadcasting, film, photography, and other media play in modern jewish life. Yingl tsingl khvat english and yiddish edition by leib, mani and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. One of the more surprisingly provocative phenomena of yiddish culture in the postworld war ii era is a small paperback entitled say it in yiddish, a phrase book for travelers. Whilst my weaker students will be reading the jeffrey shandler translation, i will have those that can reading the original yiddish, thanks to the national yiddish book. A russian shtetl of the late 19th century is pictured above. Apr 09, 2006 written in yiddish and intended for students at yiddish afternoon and weekend schools, the book was published in new york in 1940. Born in lublin, poland, yankev glatshteyn 18961971 was a major american yiddish poet, novelist, and essayist. Yiddish as a postvernacular language yiddish book center.
Among other books, shandler is the editor of awakening lives. Get ebooks adventures in yiddishland on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. In november 2002 grace paley attended the yiddish book centers great jewish books conference as a writerinresidence. Profiles of a lost world wayne state university press. Yiddish learning learning yiddish yiddish book center. This chapter challenges the prevalent notion that video interviews with holocaust survivors provide accounts of exceptional immediacy, by examining how these interviews are informed by other narratives or survivors own earlier storytelling, and how they incorporate into their life histories reflections on the task of recalling the past. Im writing a book about yiddish after world war ii, i tell a colleague, whom ive known for years, when she asks what ive been doing lately.
Start reading holocaust memory in the digital age jeffrey. In 1940, famed writer yankev glatshteyn, best known to english readers as jacob glatstein, published emil and karl, a book about two friends, one jewish and the other not, living in wartime. Born in lublin, poland, yankev glatshteyn 18961971 was one of the major figures in the burgeoning yiddish literary scene in new york city during the first half of the last century. Yiddish is a fantastic way to say no to everything around you, and in a culture where saying no is ever more. A vernacular intellectual history by jeffrey shandler. In particular, he looks at the shoah foundations visual history archive vha, which was set up in 1994 and has by far the largest collection of videotaped holocaust testimonies. He received a phd in yiddish studies from columbia university. Written in 1940, this novel set shortly after the nazi invasion of austria contains disturbing images of cruel persecution while conveying a powerful message about survival and loyalty. Translator jeffrey shandler is professor of yiddish literature and holocaust studies at rutgers university.
There is no need to pity that which cannot be resurrected it has receded into the world of the enchanting past, where it. A word that holds a special place in hearts and minds. Survivors stories and new media practices, and entertaining america. Jeffrey shandlers thoughtprovoking book, holocaust memory in the digital age, asks these questions from within the context of rapidly developing media practices.
Join the jewish studies program at lmu for an evening featuring jeffrey shandler, ph. Jeffrey shandler and his collaborators have done a commendable job of selection, translation, introduction, and annotation. The sexual politics of hebrew and yiddish a brilliant and original take on yiddish in the post. May 22 jeffrey shandler on yiddish performances by. How yiddish changed america and how america changed yiddish illustrates how those plans are full of zest, dignity, and tremendous humanity. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler investigates the. Books by jeffrey shandler download epub pdf entertaining. Jeffrey shandlers book is part of a rutgers university press series that examines key words in jewish studies jeffrey shandler explores how the yiddish word for town emerged as a key word in jewish culture and studies. Jeffrey shandler teaches in the department of jewish studies, rutgers university. Eva schloss, a survivor of auschwitzbirkenau, being. Jeffrey shandler translator is an associate professor in the department of jewish studies at rutgers university.
It is one of the first books written for young readers describing the early days of the event that has since come to be known as the holocaust. Ebook excerpt adventures in yiddishland presents a familiar phenomenon in americanjewish culture that has rarely been seen before. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Jeffrey shandler s most popular book is emil and karl. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. Yiddish culture is dying and this should be treated with utmost calm. Jeffrey shandler is distinguished professor of jewish studies at rutgers university. Polish books, they argued, didnt have the direct power to make a jew less pious, but yiddish books, written by godless heretics, were filled with madeup stories that cast aspersions on innocent, pious jews.
Religion and media in america, holocaust memory in the digital age. Jewish book council, founded in 1944, is the longest running. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary. His research interests include jewish memory practices, jewish cultural history, digital humanities in jewish studies, and yiddish language, literature, and culture. Jeffrey shandler has written and lectured widely on modern yiddish culture and american responses to the holocaust.
But compared to alter, yehoash had less success securing publishers for his yiddish rendering of the bible. Jeffrey shandler is a dorot teaching fellow in the skirball department of hebrew and judaic studies at new york university. How amazing it is to hear grace read her work in this archival recordingher literary voice i know but to hear her own voice is truly something quite special. He traces the trajectory of writing about these towns, by jews and nonjews, residents and. Eva zeitlin dobkin has translated numerous works from yiddish. Shandler has a thorough command not only of contemporary yiddish, but indeed in all its historical stages. This volume, part of a series issued by dover publications which includes over two dozen languages, among them modern hebrew, indonesian, and swahili, first appeared in 1958. With a thorough command of modern yiddish culture as well as its centuriesold history, jeffrey shandler adventures in. Jeffrey shandler specializes in yiddish, media, holocaust studies, jews and visual culture, and queer gay lesbian jewish studies. How amazing it is to hear grace read her work in this archival recordingher literary voice i know but. Written in the form of a suspense novel, emil and karl draws readers into the dilemma faced by two young boys in viennaone jewish, the other notwhen they suddenly find themselves without homes or families on the eve of world war ii.
Shandler le reconnait, le yiddish continue detre une langue vernaculaire, notamment dans les milieux ultrareligieux, surtout parmi les hassidim dont, il faut le. City room a yiddish revival, with new york leading the way search. Adventures in yiddishland presents a familiar phenomenon in americanjewish culture that has rarely been seen before. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in. Adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of y. Adventures in yiddishland by jeffrey shandler paperback. Emil and karl by yankev glatshteyn overdrive rakuten. Fishman is the chair of the department of jewish history at the jewish theological seminary of america and a senior research associate at the yivo. Jeffrey shandler adventures in yiddishland examines the transformation of yiddish in the six decades since the holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value.
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