The German-Hebrew Dialogue: Studies of Encounter and Exchange

by Amir Eshel (Editor), Rachel Seelig (Editor)

Overview

In the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, it seemed there was no place for German in Israel and no trace of Hebrew in Germany — the two languages and their cultures appeared as divergent as the directions of their scripts. Yet when placed side by side on opposing pages, German and Hebrew converge in the middle. Comprised of essays on literature, history, philosophy, and the visual and performing arts, this volume explores the mutual influence of two linguistic cultures long held as separate or even as diametrically opposed. From Moses Mendelssohn’s arrival in Berlin in 1748 to the recent wave of Israeli migration to Berlin, the essays gathered here shed new light on the painful yet productive relationship between modern German and Hebrew cultures. 　

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110471601
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	12/18/2017
Series:	Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	269
File size:	39 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Amir Eshel, Stanford University, USA; Rachel Seelig, The University of Toronto, Canada.

Amir Eshel, Stanford University, USA; Rachel Seelig, The University of Toronto, Canada.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction Rachel Seelig Amir Eshel 1

Part 1 German-Hebrew Exchange in Modernist Literature

Not like Cherries, but like Peaches: Mendelssohn and Rosenzweig Translate Yehuda Halevi's "Ode to Zion" Abigail Gillman 19

The Flowers of Shame: Avraham Ben Yitzhak's Hebrew-German "Revival" Maya Barzilai 41

Dan Pagis's Laboratory: Between German and Hebrew Na'ama Rokem 61

Stuttering in Verse: Tuvia Rübner and the Art of Self-Translation Rachel Seelig 77

Vera Europa vs. Verus Israel: Modern Jews' Encounter with Europe in Light of Lea Goldberg's Encounter with a Poet Giddon Ticotsky 105

Texts and Objects: The Books of the Schocken Publishing House in the Context of their Time Stefanie Mahrer 121

&cgpA;&cgpEE;&cgpL;&cgpI;/Ach: Lament and Being in Hebrew and German Galili Shahar 143

Part 2 German-Hebrew Encounters in the Arts Today

"I write bilingual poetry/in Hebrew and in silence" Ruth Ginsburg 159

Before the Hebrew Notebook: Kafka's Words and Gestures in Translation Freddie Rokem 177

Europe Will Be Stunned: Visualization of a Jewish Return Yael Almog 197

"In His Image": On Dani Karavan's Artwork in Germany Amir Eshel 211

Mikan ve'eylakh (From this Point Onward), translated by Rachel Seelig Tal Hever-Chybowski 241

The Berlin Prize for Hebrew Literature (excerpt from a novel in progress), translated by Rachel Seelig Mati Shemoelof 253

About the Authors 261