1st Edition

Yiddish Culture in Greater Romania (1918-1940)

240 Pages

by Central European University Press

Description

Yiddish culture was an important part of the cultural landscape of Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Danube, connecting the scattered Ashkenazi Jewry, the overwhelming majority of the Jews living in this geographical area. In the newly created Greater Romania, the Jewish community included more than half a million individuals still speaking Yiddish. Building on pre-war trends, the new... Read more

1. The Jewish Community in Interwar Romania and Yiddish Culture: Context and Challenges

Valentin Săndulescu

2. Yiddish Life in Greater Romania: The Quest to Identify the Institutional Framework

Irina Nastasă-Matei

3. The Emergence and the Evolution Process of the Yiddish Cultural Field in Interwar Romania: Political, Cultural,Literary, and Journalistic Landmarks

Francisca Solomon

4. Yiddish Theater in Interwar Romania: Establishing a National Institution

Camelia Crăciun

Author(s)

Biography

Camelia Crăciun is Associate Professor in Jewish Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest. In 2016 she founded the first Centre for Research and Preservation of Yiddish Culture in Romania at the Jewish State Theatre.

Irina Nastasă-Matei is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bucharest.

Valentin Săndulescu is Assistant Professor at the Jewish Studies program, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest.

Francisca Solomon is Assistant Professor of German Language and Literature at the Faculty of Letters, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi.

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