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Yiddish, historically referred to as Judeo-German or Jewish German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, an
The opening page of the 1828 Yiddish-written Jewish holiday of Purim play Esther, oder die belohnte Tugend from Fürth (by Nürnberg), Bavaria
The opening page of the 1828 Yiddish-written Jewish holiday of Purim play Esther, oder die belohnte Tugend from Fürth (by Nürnberg), Bavaria
The calligraphic segment in the Worms Machzor (a Hebrew prayer book). The Yiddish text is in red.
The calligraphic segment in the Worms Machzor (a Hebrew prayer book). The Yiddish text is in red.
The South-West Yiddish account of the life of Seligmann Brunschwig von Dürmenach describes, among other things, the anti-Semitic events of the revolut
The South-West Yiddish account of the life of Seligmann Brunschwig von Dürmenach describes, among other things, the anti-Semitic events of the revolutionary year 1848. In the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
A page from the Shemot Devarim (lit. 'Names of Things'), a Yiddish–Hebrew–Latin–German dictionary and thesaurus, published by Elia Levita in 1542
A page from the Shemot Devarim (lit. 'Names of Things'), a Yiddish–Hebrew–Latin–German dictionary and thesaurus, published by Elia Levita in 1542
Yiddish literature
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Yiddish literature encompasses all those belles-lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of Yiddish, with its roots in central E
First edition of the Bovo-Bukh of 1507–1508, printed in 1541, the first non-religious Yiddish book. As the most popular chivalric romance in Yiddish, its name later passed into popular phrase as "bubbe meise"-"grandmother's tale"
First edition of the Bovo-Bukh of 1507–1508, printed in 1541, the first non-religious Yiddish book. As the most popular chivalric romance in Yiddish,
Non-Orthodox Jewish philosopher Martin Buber (1878–1965) was the first to publicise Hasidism to the wider non-Jewish world. His influential focus on i
Non-Orthodox Jewish philosopher Martin Buber (1878–1965) was the first to publicise Hasidism to the wider non-Jewish world. His influential focus on its stories was criticised by Gershom Scholem for leaving aside its scholarship and adapting it to his Neo-Hasidic existentialism
Nachman of Breslov saw sparks of holiness mixed up in the tales of the world. Lurianic Kabbalah describes the purpose of Creation as the redemption of
Nachman of Breslov saw sparks of holiness mixed up in the tales of the world. Lurianic Kabbalah describes the purpose of Creation as the redemption of sparks of the Shechinah. In Hasidism each person is guided to elevate their particular share. This is compared to the tale of a princess who agrees to be freed from imprisonment only by a particular prince.
2009 Ukrainian stamp of Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). Together with Mendele Mocher Sforim and I. L. Peretz, the three "classic" Yiddish writers, he hel
2009 Ukrainian stamp of Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). Together with Mendele Mocher Sforim and I. L. Peretz, the three "classic" Yiddish writers, he helped found the latter 19th-century cultural and artistic Yiddish Renaissance movement of Eastern Europe.