Multilingualism and literature: 10 authors who write in other languages
Is writing an internationally acclaimed, bestseller novel in a foreign language a mark of fluency? Following on from my recent post, I thought it would be interesting to list some of the many...
View ArticleThe ‘Mother Tongue’: A brief introduction to Yiddish
Speaking at the Polyglot Conference in Budapest last weekend, I took the opportunity to give some air time to a particular language that might have dropped a little from the agenda. Yiddish (also known...
View ArticleJerusalem: City of Gold, and of Yiddish
Looking out from Jerusalem over the highway to Tel Aviv, with the remains of Lifta hidden by the trees to the left. Tucked away under the flyover approaching Jerusalem from Tel Aviv are a handful of...
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