Feminism, Jewish Studies, and the Myth of Yiddish as a Feminine Language
Eli Rosenblatt, scholar of Jewish studies, talks about Ayzik Meyer Dik, the translator of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" into Yiddish, and how the Yiddish language in this example is incorrectly seen as feminine or feminized. Eli then reflects on the role of gender and feminism in his scholarly work.
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