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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish , with co-editors Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert
Ilan Stavans ; Josh Lambert
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish , with co-editors Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert
Featuring: Ilan Stavans ; Josh Lambert
In a lively discussion, the book’s co-editors Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert will talk about this momentous and diverse anthology of the influences and inspirations of Yiddish voices in America—radical, dangerous, and seductive, but also sweet, generous, and full of life.
Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions will be explored by the co-editors of this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture.
This event took place on April 21, 2022. It was presented online by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
This recording was digitized and added to the library in November 2022.
This recording is in English
