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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2022

The lat­est install­ment of our annu­al effort to gath­er togeth­er the lat­est pub­li­ca­tions rel­e­vant to Yid­dish Stud­ies in English.

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Layering Text and Perspective: An Interview with Singer Songwriter Katherine Bulthuis

“Di Froyen,” the debut EP by Katherine Bulthius, performing under the moniker Olke, sets to music the first three poems in Kadya Molodowsky’s cycle of the same name.

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FENTSTER: A Window Gallery Exploring the Jewish Experience through Artists' Eyes

An interview with Canadian producer, curator, and writer, Evelyn Tauben, about her founding of FENTSTER, a window gallery in Toronto that explores the Jewish experience through dozens of artists’ eyes

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Illustrating Shabes: A Listicle

An artist and researcher shares her favorite illustrations depicting *Shabes* in Yiddish texts.

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Call for Proposals: Creative, Pedagogical, and Research Projects Working with Yiddish Testimonies from the Fortunoff Video Archive

The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University is collaborating with the In geveb to encourage and fund scholars to work with the collection.

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Onbotn fun robotn: Futures for Algorithmic Yiddishkayt

The Di robotn conference celebrated the legacy of bots in the Yiddish corpus, dreaming of futures for robots in the Yiddishist world.

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YIVO Finds More Archival Documents in Biden Home

This latest discovery comes at a time when a staggering number of long-lost Yiddish documents have been showing up in the homes of prominent politicians.

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Printable Bronx Bohemian Fashion Paper Dolls

Now you can play with your favorite Yiddish cultural figures!

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Yiddish Studies - Present and Future: A Conference Marking the 15th Yortsayt of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter (z’’l)

Yiddish Studies - Present and Future: A conference marking the 15th yortsayt of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter (z’’l) included discussion and debate.

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Briv funem arkhiv: A Long-Lost Letter from the Author’s Great-Grandfather to Moishe Nadir

A letter from a devoted reader to Moyshe Nadir, detailing the personal struggles and ideological misgivings of a disillusioned Communist.

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