Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
East European Jewish Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,1-2 (2020) 134-156
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Names, Personal Jewish
;
Yiddish language History
Abstract:
This article examines debates in Poland since the 1860s concerning Jews’ naming practices and attempts to resolve the practical and social problems they engendered. Polemics within the Jewish press in Poland, particularly in Warsaw’s Yiddish dailies, reveal competing conceptions of what constitutes an authentic and socially appropriate Jewish name. They also reflect changing perceptions of Yiddish, which had left its stamp on the inventory of names used by Ashkenazic Jews, and its growing place in urban life.
DOI:
10.1080/13501674.2020.1774274
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