This lively and irreverent memoir explores the settings where Yiddish - a language of song, rebellion, and eternal longing - has thrived: in the cabaret and cafe, the kitchen and classroom, the literary salon and mystical commune, the partisan brigade and on pilgrimage to Poland.
Traces the Yiddish experience through major historical events. This memoir leads readers through Yiddishlands by revisiting the author's personal and professional experiences and... Læs mere