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The Paper Bridge: American Yiddish Press | Dr. Yael Levi

For millions of Jewish immigrants, the Yiddish newspaper was more than a source of news – it was a lifeline. This lecture traces the rise of the Yiddish press from humble basement operations to powerful media empires that shaped American Jewish identity. We’ll explore how newspapers became bridges – connecting immigrants to each other, to the old country, and to a new vision of who they could become in America. This series explores how Yiddish culture navigated the massive spatial and temporal upheavals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through the lens of movement and displacement, we’ll examine how Yiddish speakers created meaning while crossing oceans, borders, and generations, and how the language itself transformed in the process. The organizing principle is transit as both literal movement (immigration, trains, ships) and metaphorical transformation (linguistic change, cultural adaptation, generational shifts). Dr. Yael Levi Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry and in the Yiddish Program of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem -- For more: https://www.bac.org.il/en/videos