Ingeniously conceived as a biography, Jeffrey Shandler's Yiddish is a multi-dimensional tour of the language and the people who spoke it (and spoke about it). Its erudition, creativity, and range are astonishing. Free of disciplinary shackles, scholarly yet accessible, Yiddish belongs to a genre of its own.
Jeffrey Shandler is Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. A scholar of modern and contemporary Jewish culture, he has written, edited, or translated sixteen books. Shandler has served as president of the Association for Jewish Studies and is a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research.