11 Facts About Yiddish literature

Yiddish literature encompasses all those belles-lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German.

Yiddish literature began with translations of and commentary on religious texts.

Yiddish literature saw their roots in ancient Aggadic mystical articulation, by saying that this concealed form was how Kabbalah was taught orally before Shimon bar Yochai explained it, though the Tales are unique in Rabbinic literature.

Yiddish literature took to storytelling as redemptive activity once other paths had been blocked, such as the death of his son in whom he saw Messianic potential; "the time has come to tell stories", he said.

Yiddish literature's work is realist and shows the influence of 19th century Russian literature.

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Yiddish literature continues the tradition of Haskalah literature with his attack on superstition and outmoded traditions such as arranged marriage.

Yiddish literature's work is both simple and caustic, more psychological and more individualistic than Abramovitsh or Rabinovitsh's.

Yiddish literature wrote primarily stories of which "Bontshe shvayg" is one of his best known.

Dramatic works in Yiddish literature grew up at first separately, and later intertwined with other Yiddish literature movements.

New generation of Yiddish literature writers has emerged from the Hasidic and Haredi movements of contemporary Orthodoxy.

Spy thrillers in Yiddish literature have become a popular genre within Hasidic communities.