The rise of modern Yiddish culture /
David E. Fishman.
- 1 online resource (201 pages).
- Pitt series in Russian and East European studies .
- Series in Russian and East European studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview -- The politics of Yiddish -- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905 -- The Bund's contribution -- Reinventing community -- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture -- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists -- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary -- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO -- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna.