GROWING DEMAND FOR ENGLISH-YIDDISH DICTIONARY
SECOND EDITION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH-YIDDISH DICTIONARY INCLUDING 1,000 ADDITIONAL WORDS, AVAILABLE NOW! [NEW YORK, NY – October 6, 2021] |
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Speakers, writers and students of the Yiddish language worldwide – from secular to ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews, from biotech experts to food critics – now have a new, indispensable resource for answering the question, “How do I say it in Yiddish?” To meet the growing demand for current words and terms in Yiddish, the League for Yiddish, Inc., is delighted to announce that Indiana University Press has released the revised and expanded Second Edition of its acclaimed and award-winning Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary on September 14. This dictionary has become “THE” reference book for modern terms in Yiddish. The Second Edition, with 84,000 entries and subentries, expands the scope of the First Edition (published in 2016), by introducing terms that reflect usage in particular Yiddish-speaking communities, from specialized all-Yiddish computer user groups to ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews. Nearly 1,000 additional words, expressions, neologisms and phrases take on contemporary social movements, bio-tech, politics, and food specialties – all in Yiddish. |
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“The Second Edition is an enduring statement that Yiddish and Jewish life have not only survived, but that they are marching forward,” writes Rakhmiel Peltz, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Drexel University, in his introduction to the Second Edition. The Second Edition of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary builds upon the life work of the renowned lexicographer Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, whose vast collection of terminologies and their dialectical differences were the basis of both this and the First Edition. “In my view, this magnificent dictionary is the most important contribution to the field of Yiddish Studies in the 21st century. It is indispensable for any student or scholar of Yiddish and will remain so for future generations. I always have it on my desk,” says Mikhail Krutikov, Professor of Slavic and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan.
“Indiana University Press was thrilled to be involved with publishing the revised and expanded edition of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary. We know the award-winning dictionary will continue to be a wonderful resource for scholars and laypeople alike.” Dave Hulsey, Associate Director, Indiana University Press.
About the Editors Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath is Yiddish-language editor for Afn shvel magazine and a poet whose works include Plutsemdiker Regn/Sudden Rain. She worked with her father Mordkhe Schaechter on his numerous Yiddish publications, including collaborating with him in compiling the First Edition.
Paul Glasser is former Dean of the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Studies at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. He spent many years working with Mordkhe Schaechter as a student and colleague. ### |
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The League for Yiddish, Inc., is dedicated to promoting Yiddish as a dynamic, living language. Since 1979, The League has encouraged people to speak Yiddish in their everyday lives, promoted the modernization of the Yiddish language, and enhanced the prestige of Yiddish, both within and outside the Yiddish-speaking community, through publication, education and research. Inspired by the legacy of its predecessor organization, the League continues to produce its all-Yiddish membership magazine, Afn shvel, now celebrating its 80th year of publication.
COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH-YIDDISH DICTIONARY, SECOND EDITION Edited by Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Paul Glasser Publisher: Indiana University Press Price: $35 ($30 for members of the League for Yiddish) 864 pages ISBN-10: 0253058848 ISBN-13: 978-0253058843 |
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The League for Yiddish is a 501(c)3 organization and depends solely on your membership donations to provide you with "Afn Shvel" magazine, Yiddish educational materials, and other programming. |
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