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Good Goy , Bad Goy : Representations of non-Jews in the London Yiddish Press, 1915–1930.

When Yiddish writers depicted London's Jewish East End in feuilleton urban sketches in the Yiddish press, they most often described a world made up solely of the Yiddish-speaking immigrant community. However, the East End was not an isolated ghetto, and there was significant contact with the non-Jew...

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Published in:Prooftexts Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 106 - 136
Main Author: Lachs, Vivi
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Indiana University Press 2026
Subjects:
Yiddish language
Cultural identity
Jewish communities
Literary form
Interwar Period (1918-1939)
Jews
20th century (Literary period)
London (England)
East End (London, England)
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