Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes on terminology and pronunciation -- Introduction -- 1. Language and ideology in the speech community -- 2. The setting: Yiddish public speaking -- 3. Two Hebrews, the holy and the profane -- 4. Speaking in the voice of the other -- 5. The impact of gender -- 6. Processes of lexical borrowing -- Contact and ideology: Conclusion -- References -- Index