{"product_id":"landmark-yiddish-plays-a-critical-anthology-by-joel-berkowitz","title":"Landmark Yiddish Plays: A Critical Anthology by Joel Berkowitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduces readers to comic and tragic masterpieces spanning 150 years of Yiddish drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffering snapshots of a pivotal era in which the Jews of Europe made the transition from a traditional to a more modern world, the Yiddish plays translated and collected here wrestle with issues that continue to concern us today: changing gender roles, generational conflict, class divisions, and religious persecution. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn their introduction to the volume, Joel Berkowitz and Jeremy Dauber place the plays in the context of the development of modern drama and Yiddish drama and examine their treatment of social, political, and religious issues. The many ways in which the plays address these issues make them transcend their own time, exciting a new generation of readers and theatergoers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Berkowitz \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of \u003ci\u003eYiddish Theatre: New Approaches. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Dauber \u003c\/b\u003eis Atran Assistant Professor of Yiddish at Columbia University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HOPKI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44181781250135,"sku":"vex1787285314736","price":26.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/1706\/6327\/files\/landmark-yiddish-plays-a-critical-anthology-by-joel-berkowitz_1.jpg?v=1787285319","url":"https:\/\/chicedgestore.shop\/products\/landmark-yiddish-plays-a-critical-anthology-by-joel-berkowitz","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}