Sarah Bunin Benor: 2 books
Becoming Frum
How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
When non-Orthodox Jews become frum (religious), they encounter much more than dietary laws and Sabbath prohibitions. They find themselves in the midst of a whole new culture, involving matchmakers, homemade gefilte fish, and Yiddish-influenced grammar. Becoming Frum explains how these newcomers...
Choosing Yiddish
New Frontiers of Language and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Yiddish Hip Hop, a nineteenth-century “Hasidic Slasher,” obscure Yiddish writers, and immigrant Jewish newspapers in Buenos Aires, Paris, and New York are just a few of the topics featured in Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture. Editors Lara Rabinovitch, Shiri Goren, and Hannah...