Blog
Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Interview
Art Against Fascism: Joshua Sobol on the Radical Possibilities of Yiddish Theater
Rachelle Grossman
Joshua Sobol speaks to Rachelle Grossman about resistance through art and the future possibilities of Yiddish theater.
May 12, 2017
Blog
לויט די לייענערס | Readers Respond: Lia Friedman reads "The Debt" in an era of precarious reproductive rights
Lia Friedman
Apr 20, 2017
Blog
We Are More Than the Oppressions We Are Forced to Bear: On Being Queer and Jewish in Moscow
Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller reflects on oppression, solidarity, mutual prejudice, and Yevgeniy Fiks’ new book.
Apr 05, 2017
Interview
Imagining a Dictionary for Solidarity: A Conversation with Artist Yevgeniy Fiks on Russian, Yiddish, and Transnational Queer Dialects
Anna Elena Torres
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)
Clare Fester and Kate Fester
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
Diana Clarke
Max Sparber talks Wikipedia, open sourcing, exile, and contemporary white nationalism in the context of the diaspora
Mar 12, 2017
Blog
Announcing: Breytbord Nayes
The Editors
All the news that isn’t fit for anyone to read, ever.
Mar 09, 2017
Blog
Introducing YiddishSpa! A New Yiddish Program for Summer 2017
Dory Fox
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
Blog
Yiddish Lives! Loshn of the Living Dead
Saul Noam Zaritt and The Editors
Yiddish is Dead! Yiddish is Alive! Yiddish is the Living Dead?
Mar 09, 2017
Interview
An Interview with Boris Sandler
Sarah Ponichtera
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