“Don’t Worry so much about anti-Semitism! Just worry about Semitism!”-Rabbi Edward Sandrow, Portland conservative spiritual leader. “Jewish mothers should refuse to bear children unless those children ...
Spoken by over 11 million Jews in Eastern and Central Europe before WWII, Yiddish is still today spoken by an estimated 600,000 people. It is also widely used in in traditional Jewish religious ...
From ancient Greek soapbox soliloquies to viral TikTok videos of poetry slams, spoken word has always charged language with kinetic immediacy. Encompassing a unique blend of honesty and an engaging ...
In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate. By Tas Tobey When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...