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Briv funem Arkhiv: A Grave in the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries
Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro takes us to the Worker’s Circle section of Boston’s Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries, where he encountered a moving Yiddish poem.
Mar 06, 2020
Interview
Listening to Sylvia’s Children: A response to Briv funem Arkhiv: Letter from Sylvia Schneiderman to Itche Goldberg
Amye Rubinschneider
Amye Rubinschneider interviews her mother and aunt in response to Josie Naron’s blog post about a letter from their mother, Rubinschneider’s grandmother, a teacher fired during the Red Scare.
Mar 03, 2020
Interview
The Promise and Peril of Digital Research in Yiddish: An Interview with Gerben Zaagsma
Elena Hoffenberg
Elena Hoffernberg interviews Gerben Zaagsma about his path to studying Yiddish in the Spanish Civil War; the potency and the frustrations of digital research; and the future of digital studies and Yiddish.
Feb 25, 2020
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Briv funem Arkhiv: The Eiffel Tower Heads to the Suburbs
Nick Underwood
On this 1933 flyer for a Kultur-lige pariz event, a walking, talking Eiffel Tower exclaims, “All of Paris is going to the Kultur-lige’s excursion to Garches, and you want me to stay here?
Feb 21, 2020
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Asch Remembered: Sholem Asch Hoyz in Bat Yam
Yaakov Herskovitz
Sholem Asch’s arrival at the small house at 50 Arlozorov Street in the coastal town of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, was to be his final move in over two decades of travels. Six decades later, the house has been carefully restored and reopened as a museum.
Feb 16, 2020
Interview
Inside the Yiddish Folk Song: An Interview with Mark Slobin
Ari Kelman
Ari Kelman talks with Mark Slobin about Inside the Yiddish Folk Song, a new website project currently under construction, which aims to be an accessible, comprehensive online introduction to the full complexity of the Yiddish folk song tradition.
Feb 14, 2020