Beschreibung
The study analyzes the first decades of the Yiddish advice colum
. Created by Abraham Cahan, it ran as the most enduring feature in the New York Yiddish newspaper
. The early letters and responses in
reveal the hardships of uprooted Eastern European Jews in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
Autorenportrait
Magdalena Ewa Bier studied American Studies and Mass Communication in Mainz and Louisville (USA). She completed her PhD in Mainz and is currently working at the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology. Eastern European Jewish culture in the US remains a special interest.
Inhalt
Contents: Characteristics and content of the advice column
in the Yiddish newspaper
in New York – Critical analysis of the language used in
– Americanization of Yiddish/American mainstream culture and Eastern European traditions in the American Jewish community – Changing roles and values in Jewish family life – Personal relationships in the Eastern European Jewish community in the USA – Labor market, unionism and socialism in the Eastern European Jewish community in the United States – Religious performance of Eastern European Jews in the United States.
