For these reasons, he is considered the first true modernist in Yiddish literature.

Aleichem, who died in 1916, was a leading figure of Yiddish literature.

Yiddish literature began with translations of and commentary on religious texts.

He is the preeminent "folk" artist in Yiddish literature and song.

"My first impression was that here Yiddish literature was dead," he later recalled.

Each issue was 24 large-format pages, illustrated and devoted to Yiddish literature.

"Yiddish literature was a lost layer in that continuum, which is odd because it is one of the most recent."

Also, would like to know Yiddish literature, which is obviously characterized by an uninterrupted tradition of national struggle that determines every work.

The Yiddish literature I like most was made by writers immune to schmalz.

Is Yiddish literature the next big thing?