Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps

by Sharon Avni, Jonathan Krasner, Sarah Bunin Benor

Book Overview

Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity

Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: "Let's hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall) " Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813588731
• ISBN13: 9780813588735
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher