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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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An Idiosyncratic Round-Up of Yiddish Poetry in 2018
Zackary Sholem Berger
A list of all Yiddish books of poetry published in 2018, sorted alphabetically by the author’s last name, together with my individual idiosyncratic impressions about what this book tells us about Yiddish poetry today.
Jan 31, 2019
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The Shtetl Neukoelln Festival Brings Yiddishland to Berlin
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Klezmer singers and musicians gather in Berlin to make joyous new sound together.
Jan 29, 2019
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Introducing Jonah Lubin, Editorial Intern
Jonah Lubin
Introducing the newest member of our editorial staff!
Jan 20, 2019
Interview
Communicating Jewish History in Poland Today
Madeleine Cohen
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews was decades in the making and now tells the thousand year history of Polish Jews in the old heart of Jewish Warsaw.
Jan 16, 2019
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2018
Maia Evrona, Jessica Kirzane and Daniel Kennedy
A roundup of translations published in 2018.
Jan 14, 2019
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Support In geveb in 2018
The Editors
In geveb relies on the support of our readers, please consider donating.
Dec 14, 2018
Blog
"Himl un Erd: Artifacts, Imagination, and Speculative Russian Jewish Pasts and Futures"
Yaakov Lipsker
Lipsker reviews Yevgeniy Fiks’s exhibition Himl un Erd, a project that boldly probes the connections between Russian-Jewish history and the Soviet space-exploration projects.
Dec 14, 2018
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When the Stakes Were High and the Odds Were Low: On seeking publication and combing the archive
Shoshana Olidort
On taking revenge against negligent editors in the archive.
Dec 05, 2018
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Your Guide to Yiddish and In geveb at the 2018 AJS Conference
The Editors
Check out the dozens of panels and presentations involving Yiddish at this year’s Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference.
Dec 03, 2018
Blog
Feminist Dybbuks in Melbourne: Possession, Desire and Voice
Nicola Menser Hearn
In August 2018, Australian theatre maker and director Samara Hersch, along with Chamber Made, a company operating at the ‘nexus of contemporary performance, music and sound’, presented Dybbuks – a production in three acts exploring ideas of possession; of women being with the dead; of desire, ritual, and voice. Here, Nicola Menser Hearn reviews the production and discusses it with Hersch.
Nov 30, 2018