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Alicia Svigals explores queer yiddishkayt past, present, and future.

Oct 11, 2021

Jonathan Branfman and Lili Rosen discuss navigating queer Yiddish vocabulary with Talmudic associations; how to make a Hasidic children’s book accessible for many other Yiddish readers as well; and other considerations in Rosen’s translation of Branfman’s LGBTQ youth guide.

Oct 05, 2021

Autumn’s here, and that means it is time to begin In geveb’s seventh publishing year.

Oct 03, 2021

As we head into our summer publishing break, we share our accomplishments from the past year. Most of all, we thank you for being a part of our In geveb community.

Jun 30, 2021

The top ten most popular things we published this year, from children’s book reports to a peer reviewed special issue.

Jun 28, 2021

In this updated version of our special issue on Race, af Yiddish, we offer a range of texts about local and international Yiddish representations of early twentieth century American racist violence.

Jun 25, 2021

Uri Schreter traces attitudes about race in the United States evident in Yiddish newspapers’ coverage of the Tulsa massacre — often simultaneously denouncing the violence and propagating racist ideas.

Jun 25, 2021

Andrew Sloin guides us through a Soviet Yiddish pamphlet about the Scottsboro trial in the United States to reveal how this incident “became a prism to refract the long history of racial and class domination in the United States and a rallying cry to cultivate the spirit of internationalist socialist solidarity among Soviet readers.”

Jun 25, 2021

Jonathan Boyarin guides us through Zvee Scooler’s masterpiece monologue “Gornisht.”

Jun 11, 2021

Rhona Seidelman interviews the researchers of the University College London Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish Project about their public health translation work during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 06, 2021