| Czernowitz at 100: The First Yiddish Language Conference in Historical Perspective Contributor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. (Editor), Weiser, Keith (Editor), Baker, Zachary (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739140698 ISBN-13: 9780739140697 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $96.03 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 439.109 |
| LCCN: 2009051178 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Czernowitz at 100 represents a collection based on the proceedings of a 2008 international conference convened at York University in Toronto. Each chapter looks back at a portion over a long century, one marked with the mass migration of Ashkenazi Jews across the globe, two world wars, the Holocaust, the birth of Israel, and the rise and fall of the Soviet bloc. They assess the achievements and fate of those who participated in the 1908 Yiddish Language Conference that was held at Czernowitz, now known as Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Featuring contributions from a new generation of scholars re-examining eastern European Jewish life, the successes and failures of the Yiddishist movement are examined. The contributors discuss how Yiddishism-a fascinating example of language-based nationalism-shaped the political and cultural landscape of territorially dispersed Jews across Eastern Europe and the world during the twentieth century. |