{"product_id":"yiddish-biography-of-a-language-by-jeffrey-shandler","title":"Yiddish: Biography of a Language by Jeffrey Shandler","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495241285693,"sku":"idk1787285277132","price":26.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/yiddish-biography-of-a-language-by-jeffrey-shandler_1.jpg?v=1787285282","url":"https:\/\/ownstyleboutique.shop\/products\/yiddish-biography-of-a-language-by-jeffrey-shandler","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}