"A Silent Language? Yiddish in Israeli Literature and Culture"
Shachar Pinsker, University of Michigan
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
7:00-8:30 PM
Off Campus Location
West Bloomfield Lecture Series: Israel in the World
The lecture will examine the place of Yiddish in Israeli literature and culture by following the work of immigrant writers and artists who engaged the new Israeli reality in the 1950s and 1960s in Yiddish. It will elucidate the complex relations between Hebrew and Yiddish in the State of Israel, within the historic and political contexts of Israeli evolving identity.
Shachar Pinsker is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author and editor of 5 books and numerous articles dealing with Hebrew, Jewish, and Israeli literature and culture.
The lecture will examine the place of Yiddish in Israeli literature and culture by following the work of immigrant writers and artists who engaged the new Israeli reality in the 1950s and 1960s in Yiddish. It will elucidate the complex relations between Hebrew and Yiddish in the State of Israel, within the historic and political contexts of Israeli evolving identity.
Shachar Pinsker is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author and editor of 5 books and numerous articles dealing with Hebrew, Jewish, and Israeli literature and culture.
| Building: | Off Campus Location |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322 |
| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Jewish Studies, Lecture |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Judaic Studies |
