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What Must Be Forgotten: Yiddish in the New Jewish Settlement – Yael Chaver – Ben-Zvi Institute, Hardcover - What Must Be Forgotten: Yiddish in the New Jewish Settlement By: Yael Chaver Publisher: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem Year: 2004 (Hebrew calendar: 5764) Hardcover, 199 + 4 pages, with illustrations and portraits A major scholarly study examining the suppressed presence of Yiddish culture in the early Jewish settlement in Palestine and the ideological struggle surrounding the enforced shift from Yiddish to Hebrew as the national language. The book analyzes how the campaign against Yiddish affected all layers of society — political leaders, writers, journalists, and ordinary immigrants — and reveals for the first time a rich network of alternative Yiddish cultural production that flourished alongside the emerging Hebrew culture. Based on extensive archival research, period newspapers, forgotten literary works, and cultural documentation, the book offers a fresh and critical perspective on the formation of Israeli cultural identity and the cultural conflicts of the early 20th century. Physical Details:  • Binding: Hardcover  • Pages: approx. 203 pages including appendices  • Illustrated with historical portraits and images  • Size: approx. 23.5 cm Condition:  • Excellent condition  • Clean binding, bright pages, no major stains, tears, or markings Collecting & Research Value: Highly regarded academic work, essential for collectors and researchers of Israeliana, Yiddish studies, Zionist cultural history, and Jewish migration history. Published by the prestigious Ben-Zvi Institute.