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  • Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College
A sculpture by Deboray Kass that says ‘Yo’ from one side and the popular Yiddish expression ‘Oy’ from the other stood on display in Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York in 2015. AP Photo/Kathy Willens

Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico to the US

Ilan Stavans, Amherst College

Many Americans associate Yiddish strictly with Eastern Europe. But its horizons are much broader than that, especially amid today’s revival.

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