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Asch’s Kutno: Celebrating An Author’s Life and Culture in His Hometown

Every two years, the town of Kut­no, Poland hosts the Sholem Asch Fes­ti­val, which orga­niz­ers describe as an event con­nect­ing the past with the present of Kut­no, once a Pol­ish-Jew­ish town in which Jews con­sti­tut­ed over 70% of the pop­u­la­tion in the 19th century.”

Interview

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays: An Interview with Goldie Morgentaler

Matthew John­son and Corbin Allardice talk with Goldie Mor­gen­taler, Cha­va Rosenfarb’s daugh­ter and edi­tor and trans­la­tor of a recent­ly pub­lished col­lec­tion of Rosen­far­b’s essays. 

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