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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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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
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Yiddish: A Global Culture at the Yiddish Book Center: Reflections on an Exhibit
Yiddish: A Global Culture, the new core exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center, is terrific: capacious, playful, valuably affirmative.
Jan 31, 2025
Interview
"I'd like to think that it's all my canvas" - an interview with Alex Weiser
Drawing from a kaleidoscopic range of sources in his work, Weiser engages in vibrant dialogue with voices from the past while building innovative sonic worlds for contemporary audiences.
Jan 13, 2025