Yiddish History

The lingua-franca of the Ashkenazi world includes elements of German, Hebrew, Aramaic, and more.

Why are Jewish people living in the United States speaking German? Can’t they speak in English, or at least Hebrew?

When languages die, whole cultures die with them, and communities lose their identity. Jewish languages are no different.

Tracing the postwar history of Yiddish publishing in the Soviet Union, describing the infamous purge of Yiddish writers in the early 50's and the subsequent revival in the late 50's. Looking particularly at the history of the Journal 'סאוועטיש היימלאנד' (Soviet Homeland) launched in 1961, and ran until 1991, reappearing in 1993 under the title 'די אידישע גאס' (The Jewish Street.)