Yiddish: A Nation of Words - Hardcover

Weinstein, Miriam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586420275 ISBN 13: 9781586420277

Publisher: Steerforth Pr, 2001

Synopsis

A compelling history of Yiddish takes readers deep into Eastern Europe to explore the origins of this unique and enduring language. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

[A] charming and highly readable history of the language . . . Weinstein succeeds in her efforts to recreate the sound of a world that is gone forever.
"The Washington Post"

["YIDDISH: A NATION OF WORDS"] READS LIKE A FOLKTALE PEPPERED WITH PASSIONATE CHARACTERS.
" The Boston Globe
"
Almost everyone knows a little [Yiddish], a word or two, a joke perhaps, but what do they really know of the history, the tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language now on the U.N. s endangered list, but once spoken by eleven million people. . . . Part of the problem has been the lack of a serious, yet accessible book to fill the gap between glib entertainments. . . . Weinstein s [book]" "aims to do that and her success . . . is substantial.
"Los Angeles Times
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"[A] charming and highly readable history of the language . . . Weinstein succeeds in her efforts to recreate the sound of a world that is gone forever."
--The Washington Post

"[YIDDISH: A NATION OF WORDS] READS LIKE A FOLKTALE PEPPERED WITH PASSIONATE CHARACTERS."
--The Boston Globe

"Almost everyone knows a little [Yiddish], a word or two, a joke perhaps, but what do they really know of the history, the tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language now on the U.N.'s endangered list, but once spoken by eleven million people. . . . Part of the problem has been the lack of a serious, yet accessible book to fill the gap between glib entertainments. . . . Weinstein's [book] aims to do that and her success . . . is substantial."
--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

MIRIAM WEINSTEIN grew up in the Bronx following World War II, a time and place where Yiddish was standard fare. Once a documentary filmmaker, she is now a freelance journalist whose features have won several awards from the New England Press Association. She lives in Manchester, Massachusetts with her husband, and has two grown children. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Steerforth Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1586420275
• ISBN 13: 9781586420277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 303