Yiddishist movement

Members of Yiddishist movement, 1908

Yiddishism (Yiddish: ײִדישיזם) is a cultural and linguistic movement which began among Jews in Eastern Europe during the latter part of the 19th century.[1] Some of the leading founders of this movement were Mendele Moykher-Sforim (1836–1917),[2] I. L. Peretz (1852–1915), and Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916).[3] The Yiddishist movement gained popularity alongside the growth of the Jewish Labor Bund and other Jewish political movements, particularly in the Russian Empire and United States.[4] The movement also fluctuated throughout the 20th and 21st century because of the revival of the Hebrew language and the negative associations with the Yiddish language.

  1. ^ Mendelsohn, Ezra (1970). Class Struggle in the Pale: The Formative Years of the Jewish Workers' Movement in Tsarist Russia. CUP Archive. p. 118. ISBN 0-521-07730-3. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  2. ^ Fried, Lewis; Brown, Gene; Chametzky, Jules; Harap, Louis (1988). Handbook of American-Jewish Literature. Genewood Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-313-24593-2. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  3. ^ Keller, Mary (2002). The Hammer and the Flute. JHU Press. p. 213. ISBN 0-8018-8188-9. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  4. ^ Davis, Barry (1987). "Yiddish and the Jewish Identity". History Workshop (23): 159–164. ISSN 0309-2984. JSTOR 4288755.