Blog
Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Interview
Imagining a Dictionary for Solidarity: A Conversation with Artist Yevgeniy Fiks on Russian, Yiddish, and Transnational Queer Dialects
Anna Elena Torres talks with Yevgeniy Fiks about Internationalism, queer politics, utopias and imaginary mapping, and Soviet Yiddish.
Apr 05, 2017
Blog
Di Fester Shvester review Got fun nekome (God of Vengeance)
Just in time for the new spring run, a review of the New Yiddish Rep’s production of Sholem Asch’s (in)famous play.
Mar 17, 2017
Interview
Diaspora Nationalism, Yiddish Contradiction: a conversation with Max Sparber
Max Sparber talks Wikipedia, open sourcing, exile, and contemporary white nationalism in the context of the diaspora
Mar 12, 2017
Blog
Yiddish Lives! Loshn of the Living Dead
Yiddish is Dead! Yiddish is Alive! Yiddish is the Living Dead?
Mar 09, 2017
Blog
Introducing YiddishSpa! A New Yiddish Program for Summer 2017
In geveb announces the opening of a new summer sanatorium, for Yiddishists looking to improve their language skills while taking the cure.
Mar 09, 2017
Interview
An Interview with Boris Sandler
The longtime editor of the Yiddish Forverts and author of fourteen books spoke with Sarah Ponichtera about growing up in Soviet Moldavia, being an immigrant, and reading.
Mar 06, 2017
Blog
Yiddish-language Feature Menashe Premieres at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
Menashe offers an intimate glimpse inside Hasidic Borough Park.
Feb 27, 2017
Interview
How to Shoot an Impossible Movie: An Interview with Menashe Lustig and Joshua Z Weinstein at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
An interview with the director and lead actor of the new Yiddish film, Menashe.
Feb 27, 2017
Interview
The Gefilte Manifesto
An interview with the authors of the new cookbook, The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods.
Feb 23, 2017