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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 2

The second in a series of posts about an autobiography found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland: RJ’s hatred of women but love for the hasidic tale!

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 1

The first in a series of posts about an autobiography found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland.

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Yiddish Counterlives, or How to Think Beyond Broadway Yiddish

When American popular culture imagines Yiddish as a language of vulgar comedy, how can Yiddish cultural activists respond?

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Yiddishist Myths, and the Myth Yiddish Studies Can’t Live Without

A report from a November conference in Warsaw “Yiddishism: Mythologies and Iconographies.”

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From the Editors | פֿון דער רעדאַקציע

An end of year reflection from the core editorial staff of In geveb.

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לויט די לייענערס | Readers Respond: Malka Lee

A reader writes in to tell us about her grandmother, Yiddish poet Malka Lee, and to dispel an error of identity that’s been floating around the internet for years.

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Best Dressed Yiddish Women Cultural Figures

Iconic hats of Yiddish poetry, plus the labor of creating a look!

Interview

Questioning the Authentic: An Interview with Zisl Slepovitch of Litvakus

Zisl Slepovitch of the band Litvakus on klezmer, gathering stories, and growing up in Belarus.

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The Triumph of Vili Loman: Death of a Salesman at the New Yiddish Rep

For the first time in forty years, Death of a Salesman is being staged in Yiddish, and it’s as relevant as ever.

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