Yiddish in Israel: A History

"A pioneering study" of how two languages have coexisted in the Jewish state, with "a wealth of information" on Yiddish newspapers, theater, and more (AJS Review).
Yiddish in Israel: A History challenges the commonly held view that Yiddish was suppressed or even banned by Israeli authorities for ideological reasons, offering instead a radical new interpretation of the interaction between Yiddish and Israeli Hebrew cultures. Rachel Rojanski tells the compelling unknown story of how Yiddish, t...