{"id":10348,"date":"2012-09-11T09:14:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=10348"},"modified":"2012-09-09T19:29:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T02:29:51","slug":"yiddishkeit-jewish-vernacular-and-the-new-land-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/09\/11\/yiddishkeit-jewish-vernacular-and-the-new-land-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-10348\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Yiddishkeit-Jewish-Vernacular-New-Land\/dp\/0810997495\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347243265&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=yiddishkeit\" target=\"_blank\">Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land [Hardcover]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Paul%20Buhle&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Paul Buhle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Harvey%20Pekar&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Harvey Pekar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Neal%20Gabler&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Neal Gabler<\/a>, <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB005ESONTW\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/David-Lasky\/e\/B005ESONTW\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_4\">David Lasky<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_5?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Barry%20Deutsch&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Barry Deutsch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_6?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Peter%20Kuper&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Peter Kuper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_7?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Spain%20Rodriguez&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Spain Rodriguez<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_8?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Sharon%20Rudahl&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\">Sharon Rudahl<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover:<\/strong> 240 pages<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Abrams ComicArts; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2011)<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0810997495<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0810997493<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a very cool book &#8211; most of it is a graphic novel describing the history and art of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Yiddish language\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yiddish_language\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Yiddish<\/a>; those parts are fantastic! I especially enjoyed the early history and the sections illustrating stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/09\/11\/yiddishkeit-jewish-vernacular-and-the-new-land-review\/yiddishkeit_example\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?fit=1007%2C1417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1007,1417\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A sample page from the book\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A sample page from the book&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?fit=727%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10349 aligncenter\" title=\"A sample page from the book\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example-213x300.jpg?resize=213%2C300\" alt=\"A sample page from the book\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?resize=727%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yiddishkeit_example.jpg?w=1007&amp;ssl=1 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought the textual parts, and especially the section on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Yiddish theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yiddish_theatre\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Yiddish theater<\/a>, were long-winded and lacked the pacing and content of the more graphic material.<\/p>\n<p>Overall this was a great find (I got this in a comic book store in Ann Arbor, MI while visiting my son)!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img colorbox-10348\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-10348\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 10348);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-10348\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-10348\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land [Hardcover] Author: Paul Buhle, Harvey Pekar, Neal Gabler, David Lasky, Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodriguez, Sharon Rudahl Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Abrams ComicArts; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0810997495 ISBN-13: 978-0810997493 This is a very cool book &#8211; most of it is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1198,1201,841,1200,1199],"class_list":["post-10348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-abrams-books","tag-ann-arbor","tag-entertainmentculture","tag-yiddish-language","tag-yiddish-theatre"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2w3Qj-2GU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}