Blog
In geveb is hiring!
The Editors
In geveb is seeking to hire new members of our editorial team who will take active roles in the collaborative work of the journal.
Jun 04, 2019
Blog
Call For papers: In geveb Special Issue on Debora Vogel
The Editors
Abstracts are due July 1, 2019 for a special issue of In geveb dedicated to the work and legacy of Debora Vogel (also rendered ‘Dvoyre Fogel’).
May 27, 2019
Blog
The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2018
Joshua Price, Dory Fox and Saul Noam Zaritt
A bibliography of the output of Yiddish scholarship published in English last year.
Jun 19, 2019
Pedagogy
Using Yiddish to Teach About German Antisemitism
Sonia Gollance
Nineteenth-century German attitudes toward Jewish speech are a powerful way to understand the pervasiveness and normalization of antisemitism in German society even at a time when genocide was unthinkable.
Jun 17, 2019
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide to Jacob Glatstein’s Anti-Fascist Poem “Goblin Nogood Has Run Out of Clout” (trans. Shandler)
Mark I. West
Mark I. West offers suggestions for teaching Jacob Glatstein’s 1943 Anti-Fascist children’s poem.
Jun 10, 2019
Blog
The Bais Yaakov Project: An Interview Between David Shneer, Basya Schechter and Naomi Seidman
David Shneer
An interview with Naomi Seidman, Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Humanities at the University of Toronto, and Basya Schechter, musician and founder of Pharoah’s Daughter, who are working on their compelling project called The Bais Yaakov project.
Jun 05, 2019
Blog
“Circular Landscapes: A Symposium on Debora Vogel”: A Student’s Perspective
Jonah Lubin
May 27, 2019
Review
Charlie, [gesturing to Fascist General Franco on screen] fucking swine isn’t he?
William Pimlott
William Pimlott reviews Gill Tofell’s Jews, Cinema and Public Life in Interwar Britain and Alan Dein’s Music is the most beautiful language in the World: Yiddisher Jazz in London’s East End 1920s-1950s.
May 23, 2019
In geveb, אין געוועב, is a subscription-free digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life.