Interview
Training for Yiddish Instructors Based in The Latest Pedagogy Research: An Interview with Asya Schulman and Sonia Bloom
Asya Schulman, Sonia Bloom and Jessica Kirzane
Jessica Kirzane chats with Asya Schulman and Sonia Bloom to learn about the whats, hows, and whys of the programs for training Yiddish language instructors through the Yiddish Book Center: the Yiddish Pedagogy Fellowship, the Yiddish Pedagogy Practicum, and Advanced Yiddish classes for Yiddish teachers.
Mar 05, 2024
Texts & Translation
New Yiddish Poetry from the Israel-Gaza War
Zackary Sholem Berger, Tal Hever-Chybowski, Eli Sharfstein, Miriam Trinh, Refaat Alareer and Ber Kotlerman
Translation by Zackary Sholem Berger, A. Z. Foreman, David Forman, Jessica Kirzane and A. C. Weaver
A collection of recent Yiddish poetry published and performed in the wake of the war.
Feb 15, 2024
Blog
The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2023
Elena Hoffenberg
The latest installment of our annual effort to gather together the latest publications relevant to Yiddish Studies in English.
Mar 14, 2024
Texts & Translation
דער טאַטע איז געקומען שלאָפֿן
Papa Came Home to Sleep
Mimi Pinzón
Translation by Jonah Lubin
A short story by Mimi Pinzón about a young girl growing up in an Argentine conventillo.
Mar 01, 2024
Blog
Brivkestl: Call for Responses to our Publishing about the Israel-Gaza war
Notes from the Editors
What do you think about our coverage in relation to the war in Gaza? Let us know.
Feb 27, 2024
Blog
“Do What You Can to Survive”: Women’s Holocaust Memories in Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Jules Riegel
The creators of the 2023 album Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango grapple with complex questions about long-term trauma and the burdens of memory for women who survived the Holocaust.
Feb 23, 2024
Pedagogy
Making Headlines at the University of Pittsburgh
Rachel Kranson
Dr. Rachel Kranson brought students in a course on Jews and the City to the “Text and Context” lab at the University of Pittsburgh library to print headlines on a working 1890s printing press.
Feb 20, 2024
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