Articles by The Yeshivishe Dictionary

“He Doesn’t Even Go Here”: An Index of YU from an Outsider

Johann Gottfreid Herder, 18th century Germany intellectual, is often credited with the formation of an idea Hegel would later term Volksgeist (national spirit). This theory asserts that every nation has an ethnically unique spirit characterized by its language and culture. While more of a world onto itself than a nation, I believe this theory holds […]