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A roundup of translations published in 2023.

Feb 02, 2024

We invite submissions to a special issue of In geveb that focus on the Yiddish press beyond the usual confines of the printed word.

Jan 29, 2024

A little piece of bureaucratic university paperwork reminds us of the international scope and depth of the work of great Jewish scholars like Max Weinreich.

Jan 18, 2024

Ahead of Queer Yiddish Camp and Rad Yiddish’s joint event “A Cabaret Fundraiser for a Lefty/Queer/Yiddish Future”, three co-organizers sat down to chat about what brings them to this cultural organizing work.

Nov 30, 2023

Check out the panels and presentations involving Yiddish at this year’s Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference.

Nov 28, 2023

Yiddish Book Center fellows Charlotte Apter, Joseph Reisberg, and Caleb Sher, together with bibliographer David Mazower, unpacked a historic donation of the 500 or so titles that made up Norma Fain Pratt’s collection of women’s writing in Yiddish.

Nov 12, 2023

A dive into the pages of historical Yiddish newspapers from the dawn of the nuclear age

Oct 26, 2023

In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productions based on the unique Yiddish oral histories at the Fortunoff Archive.

Oct 22, 2023

The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.

Oct 04, 2023

Shund.org launched in beta mode on August 9, 2023.

Oct 01, 2023