The Secular Yiddish Schools of North America Collection at Stanford University

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies

Author(s): Zachary M. Baker; Zachary M. Baker

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Yiddish; Education; Libraries; Judaic Studies

Type: Report

Coverage: California California

Abstract:

The author describes materials available at Stanford University's the Friends of the Secuar Yiddish School System in North America (SYSNA) Collection. The author describes this unique movement, its place in American historical context, its parallels to and differences from similar phenomena, and some of the scholarship being pursued using materials such as that in Stanford's SYSNA Collection, and others.