Forging a Field: Recovering Uriel Weinreich’s Research on Yiddish Culture in Eastern Europe
Where: American Jewish Historical Society
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Prof. Rakhmiel Peltz, Drexel University. Uriel Weinreich, the most prolific and wide-ranging Yiddish researcher, is ignored by new scholars, largely because they neglect the Yiddish research tradition. A reassessment of his oeuvre in relation to his biography and vision of Yiddish studies will reveal his eloquent genius.