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Letter from the Editor: The Gifts we Bring
Here we are again, sending out our little bit of silliness that we insist on spreading, even when it is hard to find a way toward joy.
Mar 13, 2025
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Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Yiddish Language Planning
Trump has shocked Yiddish linguists with a storm of executive orders, claiming expansive power over Yiddish.
Mar 13, 2025
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No, We Don’t Need to Talk About Shmuel Charney
In geveb is announcing some changes in terminology and approach in light of the recent executive orders by the Ahasuerus administration.
Mar 13, 2025
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The Landsberg Carnival: Purim in a Displaced Persons Center
The traditional Purim atmosphere of release, excitement, and permissiveness was particularly suited to the emotional needs of the time.
Mar 08, 2025
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Die Zweiflers and Frankfurt's Yiddish Underworld
The new ARD mini-series Die Zweiflers (The Zweiflers), a German TV, depicts the involvement of four generations of a Jewish family and their involvement in the red-light district in post-Holocaust Frankfurt, and displays their usage of Yiddish as it shifts over generations.
Feb 24, 2025
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Call For Submissions: Yiddish Science Fiction
In counterpoint to pervasive popular conceptions of Yiddish as backward-facing or nostalgic, we invite submissions to a special issue of In geveb on “Yiddish Science Fiction” that looks specifically toward Yiddish futures that touch on themes of science or technology.
Feb 19, 2025
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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2024
The latest installment of our annual effort to gather together the latest publications relevant to Yiddish Studies in English.
Feb 13, 2025
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A Response to Larry Rosenwald on Yiddish: A Global Culture
I’m particularly encouraged to see how strongly some of our key curatorial decisions resonated with Larry, and I’ll address these and aspects of the broader critique point by point.
Jan 31, 2025