Blog

The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe, a digital language archive sourced from Holocaust survivor testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation, is a project funded by a five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation that will serve as a resource for Yiddish linguistics, pedagogy, and language revitalization.

Mar 27, 2025

The traditional Purim atmosphere of release, excitement, and permissiveness was particularly suited to the emotional needs of the time.

Mar 08, 2025

Though this film squarely fits into the growing genre of films about the return of Jews to Poland, its engine is character, not history.

Jan 13, 2025

A future beyond anything Rosenfarb dared to imagine is now present, and it exists alongside the painful past.

May 07, 2024

Whether or not The Zone of Interest is a good film does not hinge on the usage of a minute-long melody. But I do believe its employment tells us the film was impeccably researched by a Jewish director with a clear vision for who ought to say what, and when.

Apr 16, 2024

The creators of the 2023 album Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango grapple with complex questions about long-term trauma and the burdens of memory for women who survived the Holocaust.

Feb 23, 2024

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 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.

Mar 07, 2023

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

Feb 12, 2023

An interview with Polish poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.

Nov 02, 2022