--- title: "Yiddish, Hebrew, and Other Jewish Languages — Editors 2000" description: "This document is not a research paper. 4 references." authors: ["CJS Editors"] year: 2000 venue: "Canadian Jewish Studies 8" source: "https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/19920" doi: "10.25071/1916-0925.19920" licence: "CC BY-NC-ND (journal licence per DOAJ; Canadian Jewish Studies)" licence_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" summary_licence: "Elamur Cosmic License" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/editors-2000-yiddish-hebrew-other-jewish-languages/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/editors-2000-yiddish-hebrew-other-jewish-languages/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/) / [2000](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/2000/) / Yiddish, Hebrew, and Other Jewish Languages # Yiddish, Hebrew, and Other Jewish Languages **Authors:** CJS Editors · **Year:** 2000 · **Venue:** Canadian Jewish Studies 8 · **Licence:** [CC BY-NC-ND (journal licence per DOAJ; Canadian Jewish Studies)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) **Links:** [Publisher's page](https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.19920) · [PDF](https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/download/19920/18624) · [DOI 10.25071/1916-0925.19920](https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.19920) · [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/W4385876379) **Citations:** 0 citations (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14) ## Summary This document is not a research paper. It is a section of an annotated-style bibliography published in Canadian Jewish Studies 8 (2000), covering scholarship on Yiddish, Hebrew and other Jewish languages in Canada. It reports no experiments, data, models or metrics. It lists numbered references (1497–1512a) on Yiddish culture in Montreal and Canada. Topics include the activist H.M. Caiserman, Canadian Yiddish writing, Yiddish theatre in Montreal, Hebrew–Yiddish bilingual schooling as a utopian project, and language maintenance through the Ontario Heritage Language Program. The section closes with cross-references to other entries by number. The extract then starts the next section, Zionism (1513–1517), and is cut off mid-entry. Its value is as a finding aid: it maps where Canadian Jewish language and culture have been studied and in which languages. Those languages are English, French, Spanish and Yiddish. For the Elamur library it is a reference list rather than a methodological source. ## Key points - The section on Jewish languages covers entries 1497–1512a. A follow-up "See also" line points to 18 further entry numbers (e.g., 97, 745a, 1393a, 1434). - Montreal is the dominant focus, with recurring sources: - the edited volume *An Everyday Miracle, Yiddish Culture in Montreal* (Véhicule Press, 1990); - Jean-Marc Larrue's bilingual book on Yiddish theatre (1996), later reviewed by Belarie Zatzman (1998). - Entries are multilingual. One is in Spanish (Leo Davids, 1989), several are in French, and some are tagged "[Yiddish]" (e.g., Ch. L. Fox, 1980; Simon Belkin, 1956). - Several entries record republication, either as a translation (Anctil's French version, 1997) or as a reprint in another volume (Davids' 1984 article reprinted in 1993). - The Zionism section, cross-linked to Israel and Middle East Politics, begins at entry 1513 and is truncated in the extract. ## Interesting ideas - The bibliography uses a dash "—" to mean "same author as the previous entry," a compact form of reference that only resolves through context. - Entries mark a single work appearing in several venues, languages or translations with "Also in," keeping one record with multiple manifestations. - Cross-references by entry number ("See also: …") and section-level pointers ("See also Israel; Middle East Politics") form an explicit link graph on top of a flat list. - Language tags in brackets ("[Yiddish]") flag the language of a source without translating its title. ## For Mova How these ideas could serve Mova, our small open language model — its files, stages and tests: - **I1** (frames): This is a clean test case for coreference with an implicit antecedent, where an elided subject must be resolved to the nearest preceding named entity. - **I2** (world): Our entity layer could model a work separately from its editions or translations, so that facts about one version can be attached without duplicating the entity. - **I3** (world): Such pointer lists could be imported as typed edges into the knowledge graph, giving explainable "related to" links instead of similarity guesses. - **I4** (tokens): The tokenizer could treat bracketed metadata tags as a distinct token class, so that they are not parsed as part of the surrounding title phrase. *Our summary of the paper, in our own words — not its text. The work belongs to its authors; read it at the links above.* Fields: [Linguistics & languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/linguistics/) Topics: [🕎 Hebrew & Aramaic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/hebrew-aramaic/) · [🐪 Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Cite Cite as: CJS Editors. 2000. Yiddish, Hebrew, and Other Jewish Languages. Canadian Jewish Studies 8. The paper itself, not this page. BibTeX from the library's record of the work. ```bibtex @article{editors2000yiddish, title = {{Yiddish, Hebrew, and Other Jewish Languages}}, author = {CJS Editors}, journal = {Canadian Jewish Studies 8}, year = {2000}, doi = {10.25071/1916-0925.19920}, url = {https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.19920} } ``` - [← previous The Linguistic Description and Analysis of 2 Samuel 11–12 From The Perspective of Functional Grammar In the Tradition of Simon Dik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/anstey-2000-linguistic-description-analysis-2-samuel/) - [↑ back to papers of 2000](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/2000/) ## References 4 references, 0 of them with a card of ours. ↗ leads to the work, «find» searches for one we have no id for yet. 1. 1497. Anctil, Pierre. “H.M. Caiserman: Yiddish as a Passion.” An Everyday Miracle, Yiddish Culture in Montreal. Ed. Ira Robinson, Pierre Anctil and Mervin Butovsky. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1990. 69-100. Also in French as “H.M. Caiserman ou la passion du yiddish.” Pierre Anctil. Tur Malka. Sillery, Que.: Septentrion, 1997. 75-107. 1498. Boyarsky, Abraham and Sara Lazar, eds. Canadian Yiddish Writing. Montreal: Harvest House, 1976. 1499. Davids, Leo. “Estado Actual del Conocimiento de los Idiomas Idish y Hebreo en el Canada.” Coloquio vol. 22 (1989): 77-84. 1500. —. “Yiddish in Canada: Picture and Prospects.” Canadian Ethnic Studies vol. 16 (1984): 89-101. Also in The Jews in Canada. Ed. Robert Brym, William Shaffir and Morton Weinfeld. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1993. 153-66. 1501. Fox, Ch. L. 100 Years of Yiddish and Hebrew Literature in Canada [Yiddish]. Montreal: Ch. [find](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=1497%2E+Anctil%2C+Pierre%2E+%E2%80%9CH%2EM%2E+Caiserman%3A+Yiddish+as+a+Passion%2E%E2%80%9D+An+Everyday+Miracle%2C+Yiddish+Culture+in+Montreal%2E+Ed%2E+Ira+Robinson%2C+Pierre+Anctil+and+Mervin+Butovsky%2E+Montreal%3A+V%C3%A9hicule+Press%2C+1990%2E+69%2D) 2. L. Fox Book Fund Committee, 1980. 1502. Fuerstenberg, Adam. “From Yiddish to ‘Yiddishkeit’: A.M. Klein, J.I. Segal and Montreal’s Yiddish Culture.” Journal of Canadian Studies vol. 19 (1984): 66-81. 1503. Lappin, Ben. “When Michoels and Feffer Came to Toronto.” Viewpoints vol. 7 (1972): 43-64. [find](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=L%2E+Fox+Book+Fund+Committee%2C+1980%2E+1502%2E+Fuerstenberg%2C+Adam%2E+%E2%80%9CFrom+Yiddish+to+%E2%80%98Yiddishkeit%E2%80%99%3A+A%2EM%2E+Klein%2C+J%2EI%2E+Segal+and+Montreal%E2%80%99s+Yiddish+Culture%2E%E2%80%9D+Journal+of+Canadian+Studies+vol%2E+19+%281984%29%3A+66%2D81%2E+1) 3. CJS/ÉJC 1504. Larrue, Jean-Marc. Le théâtre yiddish à Montréal/Yiddish Theatre in Montreal. Tr. Catherine Brown. Montréal: Editions Jeu, 1996. 1505. Orenstein, Eugene. “Yiddish Culture in Canada Yesterday and Today.” The Canadian Jewish Mosaic. Ed. M. Weinfeld, I. Cotler, and W. Shaffir. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 1981. 293-314. 1506. —. “Publications in Other Languages.” University of Toronto Quarterly vol. 46 (1977): 500-06. 1507. Ravitch, Melech. “Yiddish Culture in Canada.” Canadian Jewish Reference Book and Directory. Ed. E. Gottesman. Montreal: Central Rabbinical Seminary of Canada, 1963. 1508. Rome, David. “Our Canadian Yiddish Heritage.” Viewpoints vol. 10 (1979-80): 40-48, 42-51, 46-55. 1509. “Rosenfarb, Chaveh.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Ed. Eugene Benson and William Trye. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997. 1017-18. 1510. Roskies, David. “A Hebrew-Yiddish Utopia in Montreal: Ideology in Bilingual Education.” Hebrew in America. Ed. Alan Mintz. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993. 155-67. 1511. —. “Yiddish in Montreal: The Utopian Experiment.” An Everyday Miracle, Yiddish Culture in Montreal. Ed. Ira Robinson, Pierre Anctil and Mervin Butovsky. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1990. 22-38. 1512. Schoenfeld, Joan. “Language Maintenance and Jewish Ethnic Identity: A Perspective on Jewish Heritage Languages and the Ontario Heritage Language Program.” Multiculturalism vol. 6 (1982): 15-21. 1512a. Zatzman, Belarie. “Yiddish Theatre in Montreal (Review Essay of Jean-Marc Larue, Le théâtre yiddish à Montréal/Yiddish Theatre in Montreal).” Canadian Jewish Studies vol. 6 (1998): 89-97. [find](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=CJS%2F%C3%89JC+1504%2E+Larrue%2C+Jean%2DMarc%2E+Le+th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre+yiddish+%C3%A0+Montr%C3%A9al%2FYiddish+Theatre+in+Montreal%2E+Tr%2E+Catherine+Brown%2E+Montr%C3%A9al%3A+Editions+Jeu%2C+1996%2E+1505%2E+Orenstein%2C+Eugene%2E+%E2%80%9CYiddish+Culture+in+Canada+Yeste) 4. See also: 97, 123, 126, 140, 156, 251, 322, 745a, 760, 784, 794, 874, 1210, 1359, 1382, 1393, 1393a, 1434. ZIONISM (See also Israel; Middle East Politics) 1513. Belkin, Simon. Di Poalei Tsiyon Beveigung in Kanada [Yiddish]. Montreal: Actions Committee of the Labor Zionist Movement in Canada, 1956. 1514. —. Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada, 1904-1920. Tr. Pierre Anctil. Sillery, Que.: Septentrion, 1999. 1515. Bones, Alan. “Zionist Interest Groups and Canadian Foreign Policy.” Canada and the Arab World. Ed. Tareq Y. Ismael. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1985. 151-71. 1516. Brown, Michael. “The Americanization of Canadian Zionism, 1917-1982.” Contemporary Jewry, Studies in Honor of Moshe Davis. Ed. Geoffrey Wigoder. Jerusalem: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, 1984. 129-58. [find](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=See+also%3A+97%2C+123%2C+126%2C+140%2C+156%2C+251%2C+322%2C+745a%2C+760%2C+784%2C+794%2C+874%2C+1210%2C+1359%2C+1382%2C+1393%2C+1393a%2C+1434%2E+ZIONISM+%28See+also+Israel%3B+Middle+East+Politics%29+1513%2E+Belkin%2C+Simon%2E+Di+Poalei+Tsiyon+Beveigu)