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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Heritage Tourism in Poland, A Critique in Comedy: A Review of A Real Pain
Though this film squarely fits into the growing genre of films about the return of Jews to Poland, its engine is character, not history.
Jan 13, 2025
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Review of Burning Off The Page: The Life and Art of Celia Dropkin, an Erotic Yiddish Poet, directed by Eli Gorn
Jan 10, 2025
Interview
Feminist Shtetl Horror: An Interview with Elizabeth Schwartz
A conversation with Elizabeth Schwartz, author of The Sweet Fragrance of Life and Other Horror Stories, on interacting with the horror genre as a Jewish woman.
Dec 19, 2024
Interview
Fusing Klezmer and Kumbia Music: An Interview with Mariposas Galácticas' Jonathan Sidharta-Leibovic
Mariposas Galácticas [Galactic Butterflies] is an eight-piece band from Philadelphia that performs a fusion of kumbia [folk music from Latin America], punk, and klezmer music.
Dec 10, 2024
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Nathan Altman: An Artist "Between Two Worlds"
This essay about Yiddish-speaking artist Nathan Altman, written in French by Dr. Pascale Samuel, is from the catalogue accompanying the exhibition “The Dybbuk: Phantom of a Lost World,” on view at Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme [Museum of the Art and History of Judaism] (mahJ) in Paris through January 26, 2025.
Dec 05, 2024
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Introducing Dinah Megibow-Taylor, Editorial Intern
Welcome to the newest member of our team!
Dec 03, 2024
Interview
Reviving Yiddish Theater in London and Recovering Female Playwrights: An Interview with Sonia Gollance
Tamara Gleason Friedberg sat down with Sonia Gollance in Summer 2024 to discuss Yiddish theater in London, her translation of Tea Arciszewska’s Miryeml, and what comes next.
Nov 26, 2024
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Your Guide to Yiddish and In geveb at the 2024 AJS Conference
All the Yiddish Studies at the AJS conference, unter eyn dakh.
Nov 21, 2024
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A.N. Stencl (1897–1983)
My search for Stencl over the years has taken me across the globe.
Nov 10, 2024
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Yiddishist Community in Intertwined Languages: 27th Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany (Düsseldorf)
The Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany is a unique conference that reflects the possibilities that are available with two linguistically-related languages.
Oct 31, 2024