MODERN JUDAISMPub Date : 2021-01-20DOI: 10.1093/MJ/KJAA019
Zvi Y. D. Ron
{"title":"The Nuremberg Trial in Megillat Esther","authors":"Zvi Y. D. Ron","doi":"10.1093/MJ/KJAA019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/MJ/KJAA019","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:There is a very popular teaching in Orthodox circles that the small letters found in the writing of the names of the sons of Haman in Megillat Esther are a reference to the year of the Nuremberg trials and the ten Nazis hanged at that time. In this article we will explore where this teaching originated, what it is based on, and what its message is understood to be.","PeriodicalId":54089,"journal":{"name":"MODERN JUDAISM","volume":"225 1","pages":"31 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77468053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MODERN JUDAISMPub Date : 2021-01-17DOI: 10.1093/mj/kjaa020
{"title":"Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/mj/kjaa020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/kjaa020","url":null,"abstract":"<span><strong>NATHAN COHEN</strong> is an Associate Professor at the Center for Yiddish Studies at Bar Ilan University, Israel. His research focuses on East European Jewish cultural history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and on modern Yiddish literature. His most recent book, <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Yiddish – the Linguistic Leap: from a Common Dialect to a Cultural and Literary Language</span> (2020) [Hebrew], deals with the changing reading habits in Yiddish in the Russian Empire and Poland between 1865 and 1914. Since 1998 he has been the Associate Editor of <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Yad Vashem Studies</span>.</span>","PeriodicalId":54089,"journal":{"name":"MODERN JUDAISM","volume":"42 9-10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138512695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MODERN JUDAISMPub Date : 2021-01-17DOI: 10.1093/mj/kjaa018
N. Cohen
{"title":"No More \"Little Jews Without Beards\": Insights Into Yiddish Children's Literature in Eastern Europe Prior to World War I","authors":"N. Cohen","doi":"10.1093/mj/kjaa018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/kjaa018","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The first modern publications in Yiddish which were intended for young readers in Eastern Europe—either original works or translations from foreign languages—appeared at the turn of the twentieth century as the sporadic initiatives of a few writers. A more systematic literature for children in Yiddish started relatively late, and was linked to the developing Yiddish school system. A growing number of writers and cultural activists, including Sholem Aleichem and Y. L. Peretz, became gradually aware of the importance and need for appropriate literature for children. Within less than a decade, the Yiddish book market was enriched with a variety of publications focused upon young readers whose ages ranged between 5 and 12 years. These publications included many translations (or adaptations) from foreign languages—either directly or indirectly—as well as original works by known Yiddish writers. The first Yiddish periodicals for youngsters, as well as textbooks, also appeared then, prior to World War I. Yiddishists and publishers established publishing companies for this purpose and initiated pretentious projects of which few were realized, or even partly realized. The current article will review and examine the first initiatives for publishing Yiddish children's literature and periodicals, who the initiators were and what their purpose was. Also, to what extent these publications were accepted, and their contribution to modern Yiddish literature.","PeriodicalId":54089,"journal":{"name":"MODERN JUDAISM","volume":"26 1","pages":"109 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87902910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}