Yung-yidish

Founded in 1918 by poet Moishe Broderzon and visual artists Yitskhok Broyner, Jankel Adler, and Marek Szwarc,[1] Yung-yidish was the first Jewish avant-garde group in Poland.

[1][2] Broderzon, who had returned from Moscow, was strongly influenced by Russian futurism and participated in the local Jewish cultural and artistic awakening, Adler had been active in the German expressionist circle Die Aktion, while Szwarc had previously joined La Ruche in Paris.

[1] Although the artists drew from the European contemporary art milieu (with emphasis on expressionism),[2] their key goal was to find an essential Jewish national style.

[3] The group also welcomed younger artists discovered by its members, such as Elimelekh Shmulevitsh, Chaim Leib Fox, and Yisroel Shtern.

[2]The form of Yung-yidish reflected its avant-garde contents: the magazine was printed on grey wrapping paper as a nod to the industrial Łódź.

[1] The group also ran poetry events in Łódź and Warsaw[3] and collaborated with Warsaw-based artists Henryk Berlewi and Vladislav Weintraub.