Yiddish Given Names - by Rella Israly Cohn (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is a lexicon of Yiddish given names, preceded by four chapters of material that explains the lexical conventions, the historical environment, and the research applicable to this subject.

Book Synopsis

This is a lexicon of Yiddish given names, preceded by four chapters of material that explains the lexical conventions, the historical environment, and the research applicable to this subject.

Review Quotes

This reference work will be of great service to historians, folklorists, sociologists, and linguists working with Jewish communities.... valuable....useful.

Yiddish Given Names is recommended for linguists, onomasts, for libraries that have Judaica collections, and for genealogists interested in Jewish families and families with Jewish roots. This volume has succeeded in achieving Cohn's goal of offering a dictionary of Yiddish names.

About the Author

Rella Israly Cohn (1927-2008) was a linguist and scholar.