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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Blog
“Fragmented Narratives”: A Story of One Yiddish Word
Ekaterina Kuznetsova reviews Elianna Renner’s new exhibit in Berlin, “Pitshipoy,” open through November 6, 2020, which incorporates Yiddish into contemporary art and discussions about the politics of collective memory.
Oct 16, 2020
Blog
The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2019
The newest installment of our annual effort to gather together the latest publications relevant to Yiddish Studies in English.
Oct 14, 2020
Blog
S’iz shoyn zumer: Summer’s Here!
As we head into our summer publishing break, we reflect on the past year and welcome your contributions for next fall. Most of all, we thank you for being a part of our In geveb community.
Jul 15, 2020
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Reader Favorites 2019-2020
Our readers’ favorite posts from the 2019-2020 publishing year, including translations, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, personal essays, roundups of Yiddish resources, and even a piece from our Purim issue.
Jul 14, 2020
Interview
A Meeting Place for Two Worlds: An Interview with Piotr Nazaruk and Lublin’s Grodzka Gate Center
Magdalena Kozłowska interviews Piotr Nazaruk about Lublin’s Grodzka Gate Center and the center’s new online exhibit of memory maps from yizkor bikher and oral history interviews.
Jul 06, 2020
Blog
Going Off Script: The Contradictory Pleasures of Unorthodox
Roni Masel proposes a “failed watching” of Netflix’s new series Unorthodox that sidesteps questions of authenticity in representation and instead “generates what we could call queer pleasure or OTD pleasure.”
Jun 29, 2020
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On Learning Yiddish in a Pandemic
Faith Hillis reflects on building digital Yiddish community amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests.
Jun 22, 2020