Studies in Yiddish is the only scholarly series in English that is dedicated to Yiddish, a transnational language whose interesting, if sometimes tragic, history spans more than a thousand years. Its high and low literary and non-literary texts and practices have been of central importance not only to Jewish existence and history but also to the wider cultural and creative life in Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and the New World. The series regularly publishes the proceedings of the International Mendel Friedman Conference, which is convened every two years at the University of Oxford. In addition, the series includes monographs and edited volumes on all aspects of Yiddish language and culture, and proposals for new publications are welcomed.

This series does not have a formal Editorial Committee, but we are advised by:

• Professor Gennady Estraikh, New York University
• Dr Kerstin Hoge, St Hilda’s College, Oxford
• Professor Mikhail Krutikov, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Languages in contact

Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: At the Crossroads of Diaspora Politics and Culture Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 8

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Law and society

Yiddish and the Left: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 3

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Mythology

The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature Joseph Sherman Studies In Yiddish 4

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National and cultural identity

Yiddish in the Contemporary World: Papers of the First Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 1 The Shtetl: Image and Reality — Papers of the Second Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 2 Yiddish and the Left: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 3 The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction — Selected Papers arising from the Fourth and Fifth International Mendel Friedman Conference Edited by Joseph Sherman and Ritchie Robertson Studies In Yiddish 5 Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: At the Crossroads of Diaspora Politics and Culture Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 8

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Sociolinguistics

Yiddish in the Contemporary World: Papers of the First Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 1

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Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916), Russian playwright and novelist

Translating Sholem Aleichem: History, Politics and Art Edited by Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin, Kerstin Hoge and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 10

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Sholem Asch (1880-1957), Polish/American novelist

Yiddish in the Cold War Gennady Estraikh Studies In Yiddish 7

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David Bergelson (1884-1952), Russian novelist

David Bergelson: From Modernism to Socialist Realism — Proceedings of the 6th Mendel Friedman Conference Edited by Joseph Sherman and Gennady Estraikh Studies In Yiddish 6

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Der Nister (1884–1950), Russian poet/novelist

Uncovering the Hidden: The Works and Life of Der Nister Edited by Gennady Estraikh, Kerstin Hoge and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 12   2014

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Joseph Opatoshu (1886-1954), Russian/American novelist

Joseph Opatoshu: A Yiddish Writer between Europe and America Edited by Sabine Koller, Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov Studies In Yiddish 11   August 2013

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985), French artist

Yiddish in the Cold War Gennady Estraikh Studies In Yiddish 7

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Peretz Markish (1895-1952), Russian poet

A Captive of the Dawn: The Life and Work of Peretz Markish (1895-1952) Edited by Joseph Sherman, Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin and David Shneer Studies In Yiddish 9