Chabon, Safran-Foer, Krauss—the “New Yiddishists”—Don’t Speak Yiddish
…ge-conscious American Jewish community when his work began to emerge. The “new Yiddishists,” who speak, at best, a pidgin version of the intimate old language, have been roundly embraced. The Jewish establishment, facing a crisis of attrition, is overjoyed that these young people chose to engage Jewishness in their work, and is happy to reward them with prizes and fellowships. There is nothing wrong with this, if we can do no better, but as a cons…
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