The volume offers a broad introduction to the rabbinical literature written in the two major traditional Jewish languages of Europe: Yiddish, the language of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe, and Ladino (or Judezmo or Judeo-Spanish), the language of the Sephardic Jews of the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The scope is wide-ranging. Some of the contributions highlight the lives and work of outstanding rabbinical figures who wrote in Yiddish or Ladino, and the crucial role they played in the transmission of rabbinical knowledge among...