Reputation
"Itche Goldberg is priceless."
" has devoted his adult life to ensuring the 1,000-year-old Yiddish language and culture survive."
"Over the decades he grew as an innovative literary researcher and a beloved teacher of Yiddish language and literature, from elementary school level to the university."
"A leading cultural figure; he was part of an ideological movement that used the Yiddish language to teach and convince Jews about the international proletariat struggle."
"It is rare to encounter a man who has achieved as much as Itche has, but that is not what truly makes Itche unique. What sets Itche apart from those few who can match his accomplishments is his continued passion to learn, explore and delve further into the subjects he studies."
"A titan, a brilliant scholar of literature. A master teacher of generations."
"One of the most foremost scholars of Yiddish culture."
"Erudite head of the erstwhile communist Yiddish cultural world."
"A passion for an ancient Jewish language that threatens to slip into obscurity."
His writing has been described as "imbued with understanding and compassion, and possessed of the rarest ingredients, a subtle, sparkling, and heart-warming sense of humor."
"Today's eldest left-wing Yiddish pedagogue."
"Master Yiddish editor, educator, scholar, and writer"
"Itche Goldberg has pretty much single-handedly kept the Yiddish Left going for the last 30 years."
"The oldest writer ever to have published a new book."
"Mir shatsn op ayer vunderlekhe arbet l'toyves der yidisher kultur vos hot baraikhert dem gontsn Yidishn yishev. (“We honor your wonderful work for the benefit of Yiddish culture which enriches all of Yiddish heritage.”)
"For a century, was a living link to the Yiddish culture of East European immigrants."
Regarding Yiddishe Kultur: "Itche Goldberg is the dynamic force behind this publication."
"A champion of Yiddish who wrote and edited and taught his beloved language in the face of all those who said keeping Yiddish alive was a lost cause."
"A fixture in the communist struggles of the 1920s and 30s." "Veteran of the communist heyday of the 1920s."
"Embraced then rejected Communism during a lifelong dedication to the preservation of Yiddish culture."
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