Yiddish Culture:
Between the Old World and the New
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by the Jewish Museum

Yiddish Culture captures the many facets of the Yiddish language and the deep, vibrant culture it represents. Through both features and documentaries, the course examines the place of Yiddish in traditional Eastern European Jewish life and explores the relationship of contemporary Jews with this moving, contradictory, and significant heritage.

The Vital Culture of Polish Jewry
Image Before My Eyes

A Satirical View
East and West

As Seen by Sholem Aleichem
Tevye der Milkhiker

The Encounter with America
Hester Street

A Life in Politics
Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists

Master of Yiddish
Isaac in America

Course Leader Notes
Yiddish Culture

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