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At Yiddish academic conferences in Israel, English is often the language of scholarship and conversation. Why?

Nov 10, 2015

In geveb’s readers were asked about how Yiddish is part of their love lives. Click here to read their answers.

Nov 08, 2015

Readers write in to tell us about the Hebrew-Yiddish writer who was also Anna Margolin’s first husband.

Oct 28, 2015

In a pair of short stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer imagines two characters suffering from writer’s block, and the opposing ways in which their problem manifests.

Oct 28, 2015

Listen to a contemporary rethinking of Birobidzhan, the longed-for but mostly imaginary Jewish territorial project.

Oct 18, 2015

How to make sense of a family saga that charts the very creation of the Soviet Jew: begin by making a family tree.

Oct 13, 2015

Hear the voice of Yiddish poet Aaron Glantz-Leyeles as he meditates on the loneliness of the Yiddish writer while still embracing the magic of the American landscape.

Oct 06, 2015

Daniel Kahn talks about his musical influences, how all of his languages interact with each other in his songs, and what it means to “tradapt” a song across languages and time.

Oct 01, 2015

The most important survey for Yiddish speakers: tell us about your Yiddish romances!

Sep 21, 2015

Think you know when Bashevis was first translated into English? Think again!

Sep 20, 2015