{"product_id":"yiddishkeit-jewish-vernacular-and-the-new-land","title":"Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eYiddish is everywhere. We hear words like nosh  schlep  and schmutz all the time  but how did these words come to pepper American English? In Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land  Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle trace the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New Yorks Lower East Side. This comics anthology contains original stories by notable writers and artists such as Barry Deutsch  Peter Kuper  Spain Rodriguez  and Sharon Rudahl. Through illustrations  comics art  and a full-length play  four major themes are explored: culture  performance  assimilation  and the revival of the language. The last fully realized work by Harvey Pekar  this book is a thoughtful compilation that reveals the far-reaching influences of Yiddish.  Praise for Yiddishkeit:  The book is about what Neal Gabler in his introduction labels Jewish sensibility. It pervades this volume  which he acknowledges is messy; he writes: You really cant define Yiddishkeit neatly in words or pictures. You sort of have to feel it by wading into it. The book does this with gusto. New York Times  Yiddishkeit is as colorful  bawdy  and charming as the culture it seeks to represent. Print magazine  every bit of it brimming with the charm and flavor of its subject and seamlessly meshing with the text to create a genuinely compelling  scholarly comics experience  Publishers Weekly  Yiddishkeit is a book that truly informs about Jewish culture and  in the process  challenges readers to pick apart their own vocabulary. Chicago Tribune a postvernacular tour de force  The Forward  A fascinating and enlightening effort that takes full use of the graphic storytelling medium in an insightful and revelatory way. The Miami Herald  With a loving eye Pekar and Buhle extract moments and personalities from Yiddish history. Hadassah  gorgeous comix-style portraits of Yiddish writers Tablet  Yiddishkeit has managed to survive  if just barely  not because there are individuals dedicated to its survival  though there are  but because Yiddishkeit is an essential part of both the Jewish and the human experience. Neal Gabler  author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood  from his introduction  \"The hearty hardcover is a scrumptious smorgasbord of comics  essays  and illustrations  edited by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle  providing concentrated tastes  with historical context  of Yiddish theater  literature  characters and culture.\" Heeb magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945951948853,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810997495","price":36.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810997493_1ea43696-95cb-4264-9ed7-dc775d080dbf.jpg?v=1770146691","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/yiddishkeit-jewish-vernacular-and-the-new-land","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}