Blog: largehearted boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. In The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews , Neal Karlen recounts the history of the Yiddish language and examines its relatively recent renaissance. Popular culture references abound and make the book as entertaining as it is informative. In his own words, here is Neal Karlen's Book Notes essay for his book, The Story of Yiddish: [...]