Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A European Perspective - Hardcover

by Andrzej Katny (Other), Andrzej Katny (Editor), Izabela Olszewska (Editor)

The volume is about culture and language of the two largest Jewish Diaspora groups, Sephardim and Ashkenazim. Analyzing the latest European research tendencies, questions concern the historical, social and cultural contact with non-Jewish environment, problems of Jewish identity, the condition of languages in both groups and Jewish anthroponymy.

Author Biography

Andrzej Kątny is Full Professor at the Institute of German Philology at the University in Gdańsk (Poland). His research interests include German linguistics, contrastive studies and contact linguistics.
Izabela Olszewska is Assistant Professor at the same institute. Her scientific focus lies on language and culture of Ashkenazi Jews and contact linguistics.
Aleksandra Twardowska is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Slavic Philology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland). Her academic interests involve the language, culture and history of Balkan Jews, Jewish and Slavic anthroponymy, and Balkan languages.