Research Guides: Yiddish Studies: The Basics

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Meta Sites

In Geveb: a Journal of Yiddish Studies
Jewish Language Research Website
In Geveb: Resources in Yiddish Studies. By Zachary M. Baker. 2017.
Yiddish Sources
Yiddish Sources is a portal for anyone who is interested in Yiddish and Yiddish Studies and is maintained by Gerben Zaagsma.
Yiddish Research Bibliography and Guide. By Faith Jones and Amanda Seigel, New York Public Library.
אַז מע זוכט, געפינט מען

Select Reference Titles

Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies. M. Goodman. 2004.
"Yiddish Studies," by Cecile E. Kuznitz
Oxford Bibliographies
Ongoing - at this point has entries on:
Yiddish
Yiddish Literature since 1800
Yiddish Theater
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Yiddishland: Countries, Cities, Towns, Rivers
"This is the first attempt to collect and publish all Yiddish place names of Central and Eastern Europe in one book."
Literature Resource Center
"Literature Resource Center's content comes from the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and more."
Niger, S., and Jacob Shatzky, eds. Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur. 8 vols. New York: Alveltlekhn Yidishn Kultur-kongres, 1956–1981.
"The most comprehensive encyclopedia of Yiddish writers, with authoritative information on the vast majority of published Yiddish writers, in every genre."
All 8 volumes in print at the NYPL Jewish Division, http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15307299~S1
Kagan, Berl. Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers. New York: R. Ilman-Kohen, 1986.
"A supplement that corrects errors in Niger and Shatzky 1956–1981, includes profiles of a number of writers omitted from the earlier eight volumes, and provides an indispensable guide to 5,400 noms de plume used by Yiddish writers."

Recent Dissertations

Select Research Centers

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York
The Yiddish Book Center
Menasseh ben Israel Institute
Annual Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium
Research project on "Yiddish in the Netherlands. An expression of Ashkenazic culture"
Yiddish Studies at the Heinrich Heine University
Check out the annual forum, the Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany
The Goldreich Family Insitute for Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture at Tel Aviv University
Vilnius Yiddish Institute
Centre for Yiddish Culture and the Shalom Foundation, Warsaw
Maison de la culture Yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem, Paris
Indiana University: Aheym - The Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories
Yiddish Studies at Columbia University
Home of the ongoing research project, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry
Yiddish Studies at the University of Oxford

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