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An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language
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Ahead of the first verses of the Eastern European Jewish poets, I would like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, how much more Jargon [Yiddish] you understand than you believe you do. I am not actually…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Yiddish, Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Performing arts, Poetry, Speeches

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Firsthand accounts, Speeches
Yiddish Literary Café
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The puritanically strict observance of the closing hour in London, the lack of continental-style coffee-houses, and perhaps also the isolated situation of the by no means untroubled British Isles may…

Contributor:

Egon Erwin Kisch

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1924

Subjects:

Artists, Yiddish, Salon, Writing, Humor, Journalism

Categories:

Journalism, Humor & Satire, Firsthand accounts
All of the Books That Have Arrived at the Editor’s Desk
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    Future [Tsukunft], first compilation. Published by Tsukunft, St. Petersburg (1913). Ben-Ami, Big Fayvl and Little Fayvl (a short story). Published by Far undzere kinder…

Contributor:

Boris Kletzkin

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Writing, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Poetry, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Lists & catalogues
Diary Entry: On Yiddish Theater
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23 October. The actors convince me by their presence time and again, to my consternation, that most of what I’ve written about them so far is wrong. It is wrong because I wrote about them with…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Performing arts, Art, Music, Yiddish

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries