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Ruth Murphy’s translation of Smolar’s Yiddish work gives us an intimate view of ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances
He addresses key aspects of Yiddish as the language of a diasporic population
a look back to see how cultural diversity was managed in a pre-nationalist age is of more than antiquarian interest
Much like the Haggadah
Howard Schwartz
Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition by S.A. Birnbaum Holocaust History Ruth Murphy’s translation of Smolar’sOne of the great Yiddish scholars of the twentieth century, S. A. Birnbaum (18911989) published Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar in 1979 towards the end of a long and prolific career. Unlike other grammars and study guides for English speakers, Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar fully describes the Southern Yiddish dialect and pronunciation used today by most native speakers, while also taking into account Northern Yiddish and Standard Yiddish, associated
