Dr Helen Beer is Lecturer in Yiddish.at UCL and Departmental Tutor. She is also Tutor in Yiddish at Oxford University De......more
Seit ihren Anfängen im 13. Jahrhundert ist Übersetzen eine tragende Säule der jiddischen Literatur. Der Wunsch nach Zuge......more
ABC’s of Languages For Kids will take you on an informative and colorful journey of counting and saying hello in 26 lang......more
This volume opens the world of Old Yiddish to scholars and students of Yiddish and Jewish Studies alike. It is a further......more
In this book, Goldwasser presents Yiddish lessons specifically designed for English speakers. The lessons include vocabu......more
In this book, Goldwasser presents Yiddish lessons specifically designed for English speakers. The lessons include vocabu......more
Shalom! This book is the sum of both books in our "Jewish Slang" series! It has 45 illustrations and definitions of fun ......more
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A Recovered Masterpiece of Jewish Culture! In 1968, author Miriam Hoffman, illustrator Tsirl (Cecelia) Waletzky, and com......more
Kadya Molodowsky, the most prolific woman writer of Yiddish, wrote an autobiographical memoir that left many questions u......more
Several years ago, I started sending my grandsons a daily email for the sole purpose of letting them know I was thinking......more
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This book unpacks a 30-year debate about the pluricentricity of German. It examines the concept of pluricentricity, an i......more
The most widely spoken Jewish language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewi......more
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A substantial proportion of our everyday language is ’formulaic’, that is, it consists of oft-repeated chunks. From paus......more
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Holocaust history written and researched by the Yiddish scholars who lived it. The Yiddish Historians and the Struggle f......more
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You don t have to be Jewish to get back at the shmendriks* of the world Yiddish. It s the most colorful language in the ......more
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The German Linguistic Studies Series is a comprehensive and outstanding forum in its field. It has borne the name of its......more
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Heymischer Homeopathy is an introduction to classical homeopathy disguised as a hilarious entertainment. Yiddish is colo......more
Joseph Rolnik is widely considered one of the most prominent of the New York Yiddish poets associated with Di Yunge, an ......more
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The second edition of Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar makes this classic text available again to students, teachers, and......more
The second edition of Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar makes this classic text available again to students, teachers, and......more
This volume borrows its title from the first international Yiddish bestseller, Sholem Asch’s epic trilogy Three Cities. ......more
Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish ......more
In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City’s Lower East Sid......more
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THIS BOOK DOESN T CONTAIN ANY HEBREW LETTERS ALL YIDDISH WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION Have......more
In a famous comment made by the poet Chayim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew--the language of the Jewish religious and intellectua......more
In a famous comment made by the poet Chayim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew--the language of the Jewish religious and intellectua......more
This book traces the origins of modern varieties of Yiddish and presents evidence for the claim that, contrary to most a......more
Children have occupied a prominent place in Yiddish literature since early modern times, but children s literature as a......more
Colloquials are now supported by FREE AUDIO available online. All audio tracks referenced within the text are free to st......more
The book investigates the diachronic dimension of contact-induced language change based on empirical data from Pennsylva......more
The sixteen chapters comprising this book on the Bay Area German Linguistic Fieldwork Project offer over twenty-five yea......more
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The book is based on the papers presented at the Mendel Friedman Yiddish conference held at St Hilda s College, Universi......more
Nahum Stutchkoff s program Mame-loshn aired Sunday afternoons on the Forverts radio station WEVD in New York in the ......more
Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in......more
Yiddish Language Structures presents ten new studies on structural aspects of Yiddish in the light of modern linguistic ......more
This book is an outcome of the international academic conference on Joseph Opatoshu held in Regensburg on 22-24 April 20......more
Highlights an international generation of scholars currently revitalizing the field of Yiddish studies. Yiddish Hip Hop,......more
This book explores the unique phenomenon of Christian engagement with Yiddish language and literature from the beginning......more
This handy dictionary and phrasebook provides practical vocabulary and pronunciation tools to help students, travelers, ......more
GET D RTY Next time you re chattin with your khaverim (friends) and mishpukheh (family), bust out some Yiddish expressi......more
Written entirely in Yiddish, this innovative and accessible language text provides opportunities for intermediate level ......more
In Pennsylvania German in the American Midwest, Steven Hartman Keiser studies the divisions separating the Midwestern ......more
Yerusholayim d lite: di yidishe kultur in der lite (Jerusalem of Lithuania: A Reader in Yiddish Cultural History) by Jer......more
These two 60-miniute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Yiddish, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Yiddish ......more
Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in a single volum......more
Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in a single volum......more
Salomo A. Birnbaum (1891-1989) ist unbestrittener Pionier auf zwei gro en, eng aufeinander bezogenen Forschungsgebieten,......more
Salomo A. Birnbaum (1891-1989) ist unbestrittener Pionier auf zwei gro en, eng aufeinander bezogenen Forschungsgebieten,......more
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Ausgehend von den bekannten medialen sowie textsortenspezifischen Präferenzen der nhd. Tempora geht die Studie der Frage......more
This book is about Jewish language. The fact that Jews speak and write in distinctive ways is well known. (The journalis......more
Oy vey, bubelleh, The kinder are going to kvell over this book Whether your baby is a Shayna Maidel, a Shmendrick, or ju......more
This volume is the first comprehensive anthology of early Yiddish literature (from its beginnings in the twelfth century......more
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