Doikayt
n. Hereness. n. Diaspora n. “the Yiddish concept… used to describe practices of political organizing and cultural activismamong Yiddishists and Jewish socialists especially during the interwar period.” Hershberg, from the German, meaning “deer hill”or “dear hill”, depending on animism’s sweetness.Moved eastward, sloped downward phoneticallyto Gershberg: Odessa, Baku, Syktyvkar, Brighton Beach. And the Auerbachs: St. Petersburg, Tarnow,Warsaw, Berlin, Krakow, Rzedzin, Plaszow,[Oswiecem], Toulouse, Haifa…. Read more →