YIVO-Institute for Jewish Research Presents: The Rise and Fall of the Yiddish Empire Thursday, March 13, 7 PM
Professor Benjamin Harshav J & H Blaustein Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Yale University Jewish majorities were found in towns and Shtetls of the vast territories of the Russian Empire, where 98% of Jewry declared Yiddish as their language. This was the time of "The Modern Jewish Revolution" that entailed a total transformation of the Jews: their languages, professions, education, and their place in general history. The foundation of secular Jewish nation building was laid, including political parties and ideologies, art, theater, a network of social and cultural institutions, and Jewish literature in three languages. It was also the time when the base was laid for the emergence of a new Hebrew society which founded the state of Israel 60 years ago. Professor Harshav will explore the complex relation of Yiddish and Hebrew in that period. TKTS: $15/$7 students BOX OFFICE: 212-868-4444 ON-LINE: http://www.smarttix.com (YIVO) VENUE: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16 Street New York, NY 10011 For more information, please visit http://www.yivo.org/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
