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JEWISH PRIMITIVISM Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture David Biale and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Editors JEWISH PRIMITIVISM Samuel J. Spinner STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2021 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid- free, archival- quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Spinner, Samuel J., author. Title: Jewish primitivism / Samuel J. Spinner. Other titles: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. | Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2021011013 (print) | LCCN 2021011014 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503628274 (cloth) | ISBN 9781503628281 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Jewish arts—Europe—20th century. | Jewish aesthetics—Europe—20th century. | Jewish literature—20th century— Th emes, motives. | Jewish art—20th century—Th emes, motives. | Primitivism in literature—History—20th century. | Primitivism in art—Europe—History—20th century. Classifi cation: LCC NX684.E85 S65 2021 (print) | LCC NX684.E85 (ebook) | DDC 700/.4145—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021011013 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021011014 Typeset by Newgen North America in 10/14 Minion Pro Cover background: zoomstudio | iStock To my parents, my teachers Miriam Spinner Nahum Spinner l”z This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Beginnings of Jewish Primitivism: Folklorism and Peretz 21 2. The Plausibility of Jewish Primitivism: Fictions and Travels in An- sky, Döblin, and Roth 41 3. The Possibility of Jewish Primitivism: Kafka’s Self and Kafka’s Other 81 4. The Politics of Jewish Primitivism: Else Lasker- Schüler and Uri Zvi Grinberg 94 5. The Aesthetics of Jewish Primitivism I: Der Nister’s Literary Abstraction 121 6. The Aesthetics of Jewish Primitivism II: Moyshe Vorobeichic’s Avant- Garde Photography 144 Conclusion 170 Notes 179 Bibliography 215 Index 239 This page intentionally left blank ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Else Lasker- Schüler, Der Bund der wilden Juden (Th e society of savage Jews) 99 Figure 2. Else Lasker- Schüler, die jüdisch=(cid:64)schen (Häuptlinge:) (die wilden Juden) (Th e Jewish chieft ains; the savage Jews) 100 Figure 3. Else Lasker- Schüler, Th e indianer niggers of the prince of Tiba 103 Figure 4. Heading for poem, drawn by Uri Zvi Grinberg 108 Figure 5. Ayzik Zaretski, grammatical diagram 127 Figure 6. El Lissitzky, diagram of planimetric space 134 Figure 7. Henryk Berlewi, Khonen and Leah 145 Figure 8. Alter Kacyzne, portrait of Moyshe Pinczuk 148 Figure 9. Hermann Struck, lithograph of old man 151 Figure 10. Moyshe Vorobeichic, H.anuyot bireh.ov hayehudim (Shops in the Jewish street) 155 Figure 11. Moyshe Vorobeichic, Judengasse mit Balkon der grossen Synagoge (Th e Jewish street with the balcony of the Great Synagogue) 156 Figure 12. Moyshe Vorobeichic, handcart and automobiles from Paris 158 x ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 13. Moyshe Vorobeichic, Im Bethamidrasch (Lehrhaus) (In the study hall) 162 Figure 14. Moyshe Vorobeichic, (left side) Architektur und Mensch (Architecture and man); (right side) Mensch und Umgebung (Man and surroundings) 164 Figure 15. Moyshe Vorobeichic, Vor dem Laden (In front of the store) 166 Figure 16. Moyshe Vorobeichic, Dein Volk Israel ist Reich (Your people Israel is wealthy) 167

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