Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory by Sherry Simon National Jewish Book Award Winner softened anti-Semitic attitudes

softened anti-Semitic attitudes

The year is 1945

For nineteenth-century Eastern European Jews

few resources exist to enable American Jews to experience the rich primary sources of Yiddish culture

while also introducing more exotic spices and ingredients

Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory by Sherry Simon National Jewish Book Award Winner softened anti-Semitic attitudesAll cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city. This book focuses on four such linguistically divided cities: Calcutta, Trieste, Barcelona, and Montreal. Though living with the ever present threat of conflict, these cities offer the possibility of creative interaction across competing