Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland

Kalman Weiser

Published by University of Toronto Press 2010

Jewish People, Yiddish Nation

Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland

Kalman Weiser

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442662094

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About this book

Using hitherto unexplored archival sources, memoirs, interviews, and materials from the vibrant interwar Jewish and Polish presses, Kalman Weiser investigates the rise and fall of Yiddishism and of Prylucki's political party in the post-World War I era.

Author / Editor information

Weiser Kalman :

Kalman Weiser is the Silber Family Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at York University, Toronto.

Reviews

Gali Drucker Bar-Am:

‘Weiser’s book is to be commended for its meticulous historical research.’

Sean Martin:

‘This important and impressively researched political biography, contributes greatly to our understanding of the lives of east European nationalist leaders and the issues they championed.’

Kenneth B. Moss:
‘Jewish People, Yiddish is an especially important reminder of just how much “Russian Jewish” history cannot be told without sustained attention to the large Jewish population that lived in Russian Poland, one of the empire’s least digestible and most important regions, and to the numerous other Russian Jews outside Congress Poland.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
The Echoes of Yiddish Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Language and Nationalism in Eastern European Jewish Society Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Outline of the Book Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
A Note on the Spelling of Names Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
1. Jewish Life, Language, and Politics in Poland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Making of a Jewish Nationalist: Noah Prylucki and the Warsaw Yiddish Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. Creating Modern Yiddish Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4. Cultural Politics in Action: The Birth of Folkism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
5. From Avant- to Arrière-garde: The Folksparty in Interwar Poland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
6. Compromises? The Chair of Yiddish at the University of Vilnius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 416
Illustrations
- Other: 16 illustrations

eBook

Published: August 27, 2011
ISBN: 9781442662094