"Reclaiming a Minor Literature"
Interview with Maya Rosen ◆ Jewish Currents, February 21, 2022
Mikan Ve'eylakh reconceptualizes diaspora temporally — not merely scattered geographically but discontinuous chronologically. Diaspora involves discontinuity and gaps. Territorial states maintain geographic continuity; diaspora is defined by spatial gaps — 'no gap, no chain.' Similar logic applies temporally.
The journal explicitly frames Hebrew as 'minor literature' and 'minority language' — rejecting manifestos or liberation strategies that typically transform into oppressive instruments. Publishing under Yiddish institutional auspices reinforces this commitment against recovering Hebrew as powerful performance.