I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture write by Ruth R. Wisse. This book was released on 2015-07-01. I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I. L. Peretz (1852–1915), the father of modern Yiddish literature, was a master storyteller and social critic who advocated a radical shift from religious observance to secular Jewish culture. Wisse explores Peretz’s writings in relation to his ideology, which sought to create a strong Jewish identity separate from the trappings of religion.
YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture
YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture write by Cecile Esther Kuznitz. This book was released on 2014-04-21. YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded by a group of Eastern European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became both the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora Nationalism, which fought for Jewish rights throughout the world at a time of rising anti-Semitism. From its headquarters in Vilna, Lithuania, YIVO tried to balance scholarly objectivity with its commitment to the Jewish masses. Using newly recovered documents that were believed destroyed by Hitler and Stalin, Cecile Esther Kuznitz tells for the first time the compelling story of how these scholars built a world-renowned institution despite dire poverty and anti-Semitism. She raises new questions about the relationship between Jewish cultural and political work, and analyzes how nationalism arises outside of state power.
The Radical Isaac
The Radical Isaac - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Radical Isaac write by Adi Mahalel. This book was released on 2023-04-01. The Radical Isaac available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Yiddish and Hebrew writer I. L. Peretz (1852–1915) was a major leader of Eastern European Jewry in the years prior to World War I, and was deeply involved in Jewish politics and communal life throughout his lifetime. In The Radical Isaac, Adi Mahalel examines a central part of his life and art that has often been neglected, namely, his close alignment with the needs of the Jewish working-class and his deep devotion to progressive politics. Although there have been numerous studies of Peretz and his work, this very central component of his life nonetheless remains severely understudied. By offering close readings of the "radical" Peretz, Mahalel recasts the way political activism is understood in scholarly evaluations of the writer's work. Employing a partly chronological, partly thematic scheme, Mahalel follows Peretz's radicalism from its inception and then through the various ways in which it was synchronically expressed during this intense period of history.
Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism
Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism write by Philip S. Alexander. This book was released on 1990. Textual Sources for the Study of Judaism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Alexander assembles material from Scripture and tradition, through religious law and ethical literature to a section on Society and the Jews, and prefaces the whole with an admirable introduction."—Jonathan Sacks, Jewish Chronicle "The texts . . . which are drawn from over two thousand years of history, are usefully divided, annotated and glossed. They enable students to explore the tradition in a new way [and] give a marvellous insight into the richness and liveliness of the Jewish religion and culture: we are given wit and pathos in addition to popular story and religious law."—Janet Trotter, Resource
The I. L. Peretz Reader
The I. L. Peretz Reader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The I. L. Peretz Reader write by I. L. Peretz. This book was released on 2013-10-15. The I. L. Peretz Reader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. These short works from a master of Jewish literature offer “a brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era” (Publishers Weekly). Isaac Leybush Peretz is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivating and beautiful writings explore the complexities inherent in the struggle between tradition and the desire for progress. This book, which presents a memoir, poem, travelogue, and twenty-six stories by Peretz, also provides a detailed essay about Peretz’s life by Ruth R. Wisse. This edition of the book includes, as well, Peretz’s great visionary drama A Night in the Old Marketplace, in a rhymed, performable translation by Hillel Halkin.
