A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York by Tony Michels Yiddish Learning For Times Such as These

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A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York by Tony Michels Yiddish Learning For Times Such as TheseIn a compelling history of the Jewish community in New York during four decades of mass immigration, Tony Michels examines the defining role of the Yiddish socialist movement in the American Jewish experience. The movement, founded in the 1880s, was dominated by Russian speaking intellectuals, including Abraham Cahan, Mikhail Zametkin, and Chaim Zhitlovsky. Socialist leaders quickly found Yiddish essential to convey their message to the Jewish