{"product_id":"yiddish-jeffrey-shandler-9780190651961","title":"Yiddish: Biography of a Language","description":"The most widely spoken Jewish language on the eve of the Holocaust, Yiddish continues to play a significant role in Jewish life today, from Hasidim for whom it is a language of daily life to avant-garde performers, political activists, and LGBTQ writers turning to Yiddish for inspiration. \u003cem\u003eYiddish: Biography of a Language\u003c\/em\u003e presents the story of this centuries-old language, the defining vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, from its origins to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeffrey Shandler tells the multifaceted history of Yiddish in the form of a biographical profile, revealing surprising insights through a series of thematic chapters. He addresses key aspects of Yiddish as the language of a diasporic population, whose speakers have always used more than one language. As the vernacular of a marginalized minority, Yiddish has often been held in low regard compared to other languages, and its legitimacy as a language has been questioned. But some devoted Yiddish speakers have championed the language as embodying the essence of Jewish culture and a defining feature of a Jewish national identity. Despite predictions of the demise of Yiddish-dating back well before half of its speakers were murdered during the Holocaust-the language leads a vibrant, evolving life to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Shandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190651962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190651961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022","brand":"Jeffrey Shandler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048891412735,"sku":"9780190651961","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4a5122b-c9a4-4685-8700-1f53bb46acd2.jpg?v=1684998419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yiddish-jeffrey-shandler-9780190651961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}