![]() Hebrew, it was formerly thought, was the sole medium of reading and writing of the intellectual strata of Jewish society until the 19 th century. The transition of Yiddish from a medium of daily communication and a popular literature to a comprehensive and highly developed literary and intellectual vehicle of creativity was complex. During the second half of the 19 th century at the latest, all the literary genres found in modern European literature had also become vehicles of expression in Yiddish.Ī parallel may be drawn between the relationship of Latin literature to the vernaculars of medieval Christendom in European literature and that of Hebrew to Yiddish in Jewish culture. ![]() While Judezmo (popularly known as *Ladino ), *Judeo-Arabic, *Judeo-Persian, and other Jewish languages also developed a linguistic identity, a rich folklore, and a variety of literary genres, none can claim as copious and diversified a literature as that which flourished in Yiddish, nor did any of them reach the geographical spread of Yiddish, nor equal it in number of speakers. Yiddish, developing and flourishing side by side with the Hebrew-Aramaic which continued to be the unifying medium of communication among Jews of all lands of the dispersion, is unique. They were regarded as of lower status than the ancient and holy language, Hebrew, which enjoyed almost exclusive dominance in the realms of religious ritual and scholarship. These languages were "Judaized" and, at least initially, served primarily as a means of everyday communication. ![]() Yiddish is one of a number of languages that Jews have assimilated into their culture from their foreign environment during their long exile (see *Jewish Languages ). PERETS After World War I POETRY THE SOVIET UNION POLAND THE UNITED STATES PALESTINE / ISRAEL The 1970s and After CONTEMPORARY ḤASIDIC YIDDISH LITERATURE YIDDISH RESEARCH AFTER THE HOLOCAUST Coming to Terms with the Loss The Organizational Framework NEW CENTERS OF YIDDISH STUDIES THE NEW IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT Yiddish Research in the Previous Generation: Concepts and Achievements THE NEW CULTURAL CONTEXT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MAX WEINREICH BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES RESEARCH ON OLD AND MIDDLE YIDDISH LITERATURE MODERN YIDDISH LITERATURE – REAPPRAISING CLASSICAL TEXTS PUBLISHING IN YIDDISH STUDIES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY Up to the End of the 18 th Century Modern Literature INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION UNTIL THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY The Bible in Yiddish Literature EPIC HOMILETIC PROSE DRAMA Liturgy Ethical Literature "Historical" Songs and Writings Transcriptions of German Works "Secular" Yiddish Literature in Italy MODERN LITERATURE Until World War I HASKOLE (HASKALAH) ḤASIDISM STRUGGLE BETWEEN HASKALAH AND ḤASIDISM SHOLEM YANKEV ABRAMOVITSH (MENDELE MOYKER-SFORIM) THE LABOR MOVEMENT SHOLEM-ALEYKHEM Y.L. This articles is arranged according to the following outline: ![]() Yiddish: Table of Contents | Language | Yiddish Theater ![]()
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