Modern Yiddish Culture: The Story of the Yiddish Language Movement by Emanuel S. Goldsmith (papberback)

Emanuel S. Goldsmith's book was a pioneering achievement in modern Jewish scholarship. It was the first history of the Yiddishist movement. In one master stroke, it enabled the bold open-minded reader to overcome the myriad prejudices and misconceptions that continue to misguide popular notions about Yiddish and the Yiddish language movement.