Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Note on Translations and Transliteration xii
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction. Visual Thinking in Yiddish 1
7. Chapter 1. Red Jews: A Medieval Christian Label 21
8. Chapter 2. Reclaiming Red: The Red Jews in Early Modern Yiddish 52
9. Chapter 3. The Little Red Jew: A Vernacular Icon of Ashkenazic Identity 84
10. Chapter 4. From West to East and Beyond Yiddish: The Transmission History of Ma’aseh Akdamut 121
11. Chapter 5. Into Modernity: The Wandering Jew in Bright Red 138
12. Epilogue. An Old Yiddish Legend in a Brooklyn Fridge 167
13. Appendix. Ma’aseh Akdamut 173
14. Notes 183
15. Bibliography 227
16. Index 273
17. Acknowledgments 279