A positive image of Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish in the Jewish press of the first half of the 20th century: an overview

Abstract

The article presents discourse in the Jewish press on the question of the Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish languages and accordingly, their important roles in Ashkenazi (here precisely of so-called Westjuden) and Sephardi environments. The positive image of the languages is illustrated in the press texts from Germany and Bosnia. Taking account of different social, political, cultural and linguistic conditions of both Jewish groups, the overview aims to find similar patterns in the presence of Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish in studied Jewish magazines.

Članak predstavlja diskurs u jevrejskoj štampi o pitanju jidiša i judeo-španskog jezika i shodno tome, njihove važne uloge u aškenaskom (ovde upravo tzv. vestjudenskom) i sefardskom okruženju. Pozitivan imidž jezika ilustruju novinski tekstovi iz Njemačke i Bosne. Uzimajući u obzir različite društvene, političke, kulturne i jezičke uslove obe jevrejske grupe, cilj pregleda je da pronađe slične obrasce o prisustvu jidiša i judeo-španskog u proučavanim jevrejskim časopisima.