Paul Kriwaczek begins this illuminating and immensely pleasurable chronicle of Yiddish civilization during the Roman empire; when Jewish culture first spread to Europe. We see the burgeoning exile population disperse; as its notable diplomats; artists and thinkers make their mark in far-flung cities and found a self-governing Yiddish world. By its late-medieval heyday; this economically successful; intellectually adventurous; and self-aware society stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Kriwaczek traces; too; the slow decline of Yiddish culture in Europe and Russia; and highlights fresh offshoots in the New World.Combining family anecdote; travelogue; original research; and a keen understanding of Yiddish art and literature; Kriwaczek gives us an exceptional portrait of a culture which; though nearly extinguished; has an influential radiance still.
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