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

Mar 03, 2023

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

Feb 20, 2023

A reflection on the “weighty legacy” of retellng the catastrophes and upheavals that befell the Jews of Tulchyn.

Feb 12, 2023

A interview discussing a project to publish critical editions, in Polish, of 25 of the most important memoirs culled from a larger collection of historical Polish Jewish memoirs and autobiographical sources.

Jan 31, 2023

The multifaceted phenomenon of the Yiddish avant-garde holds a borderline mythic status among scholars—a short lived, often contradictory utopian project many of whose protagonists tragically perished.

Jan 30, 2023

A roundup of translations published in 2022.

Jan 26, 2023

A melodramatic studio photograph illustrates the widening gap between the American and Soviet branches of the author’s family.

Jan 18, 2023

As the biannual Ashkenaz festival kicked off, so did the North American Premiere of Bas Sheve, a Yiddish opera, on August 31, 2022.

Jan 13, 2023

For our briv funem arkhiv series, Artur Rudzitsky discusses letters between Vladimir Naumovich Waisblat and Sholem Aleichem concerning Yiddish theater in Kiev.

Jan 05, 2023

ZETS! is the second album of the Melbourne-based band, YID!

Dec 14, 2022