Jun 25, 2025
As we are about to ring in our annual summer publishing break, we here at In geveb would like to acknowledge the scholarship that our readers loved the most.
Our readers have appreciated the breadth and depth of our coverage with an emphasis on our blog and reviews sections. They have gravitated towards pieces that speak to what the future of Yiddish Studies may look like. Many of these pieces, too, are focused on new forms of Yiddish entertainment and what they reveal about the Yiddish past, from the new TV series Die Zweiflers to reviving the Yiddish theater in London. As In geveb looks ahead to our second decade of publication, we will continue to take pride in our growing translations, our global focus, our attention to emerging scholarship, and the scope of our audience.
You’ll find here not only our top 10 stories of our tenth year, but through them, a sense of what is core to the field of Yiddish Studies today.
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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2024
Consider this your one-stop-shop bibliography for all new English literature that contributes to the field of Yiddish Studies. Comprising books, book chapters, edited volumes, special issues, journal articles, and dissertations, this list is a rich resource that tracks the latest scholarship.
![<p>A group of teenagers dressed in [Purim] costumes. Pre-1941, possibly in Kaunas, Lithuania. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives #<a href="https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1181158" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">81934</a>. Courtesy of Juozas Fedaravicius and Family of Anna Varsavskiene. Copyright of USHMM.</p>](https://ingeveb.s3.amazonaws.com/images/palatnik.PNG)
A group of teenagers dressed in [Purim] costumes. Pre-1941, possibly in Kaunas, Lithuania. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives #81934. Courtesy of Juozas Fedaravicius and Family of Anna Varsavskiene. Copyright of USHMM.
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אַ פּורים־מלכּה | A Purim Queen
One of two translations on this year’s list, Julia Koifman’s translation of Roze Palatnitk’s A Purim Queen makes accessible a narrative of self-worth and societal pressure, illustrating the themes of migration, gender dynamics, the tension between center and periphery, social inequality, and generational conflict that characterize Palatnik’s work.
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Review of Glenn Dynner’s The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
Eli Rubin reviews Glenn Dynner’s 2023 book The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust, noting it serves as a “deep dive into the lively and varied world of Hasidic ‘higher education,’” that combines meticulous research, analysis, and data with storytelling and spirituality.
Sonia Gollance (second from right) with cast of Secrets of the London Yiddish Stage, including Shane Baker (left), David Schneider (third from left), Tamara Micner (front fourth from left), and director Vivi Lachs (front fifth from left). Photo by Liam Lachs.
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Tamara Gleason Freidberg interviews Sonia Gollance on Yiddish theater in London, and the staged readings of her new translation of Tea Arciszewska’s Miryeml.
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In this book forum on Saul Noam Zaritt’s A Taytsh Manifesto: Yiddish, Translation, and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture, a group of scholars working at the frontiers of Yiddish Studies offer their reflections at the invitation of In geveb’s peer-reviewed section.
Die Zweiflers
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Die Zweiflers and Frankfurt’s Yiddish Underworld
Guli Dolev-Hashiloni reviews the the new ARD mini-series die Zweiflers and, through it, explores the historical realities of post-Holocaust Frankfurt, including Jewish involvement in illegal activity and the highly-criticized “Jewish underworld.”
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Heritage Tourism in Poland, A Critique in Comedy: A Review of A Real Pain
Lizy Mostowski’s review of Jesse Eisenberg’s new film A Real Pain explores how the film relates to the growing genre of films about heritage tourism, and how it points to questions about what Jews stand to learn from their individual cultural histories.
A copy of the A.N. Stencl zine, Geklibene lider/Selected Poems, edited by Jake Schneider, with translations by Arndt Beck, Horst Bernhardt, Guli Dolev-Hashiloni, Jordan Lee Schnee, and Jake Schneider, published by Yiddish.Berlin in 2023. Illustration by Miriam Jacquiot. Photo courtesy of Jordan Lee Schnee.
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Jake Schneider's translation of prolific post-war Yiddish writer Avrom Stencl's The Hideaway illuminates the everyday places and experiences of post-war Berlin in autobiographical form. This translation contributes to a larger effort to bring Stencl’s little-studied writings to light as part of an emerging group of “Stencl Scholars.”
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Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Yiddish Language Planning (Purim)
Laughter through tears.
Young people playing in the water. Source: Frimorgn - פרימארגן (ריגה), 18 June 1928.
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Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2025
An informative annual staple, In geveb’s 2025 round-up of Yiddish-focused summer programs spans 9 countries and includes varied summer opportunities ranging from language intensives to music festivals for budding and seasoned Yiddishists alike.
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