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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

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What is the Language of Contemporary Yiddish Scholarship?

At Yid­dish aca­d­e­m­ic con­fer­ences in Israel, Eng­lish is often the lan­guage of schol­ar­ship and con­ver­sa­tion. Why? 

Interview

Questioning the Authentic: An Interview with Zisl Slepovitch of Litvakus

Zisl Sle­povitch of the band Lit­vakus on klezmer, gath­er­ing sto­ries, and grow­ing up in Belarus. 

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Yiddishist Myths, and the Myth Yiddish Studies Can’t Live Without

A report from a Novem­ber con­fer­ence in War­saw Yid­dishism: Mytholo­gies and Iconographies.”

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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2014-2015

A bib­li­og­ra­phy of schol­ar­ly works in Yid­dish Stud­ies pub­lished in Eng­lish over the last two years.

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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in French: 2014-2015

A bib­li­og­ra­phy of schol­ar­ly works in Yid­dish Stud­ies pub­lished in French over the last two years.

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Call for Special Issues

In geveb seeks pro­pos­als for Spe­cial Issues of the journal. 

Interview

“Conversion through language”: Mo Pareles on Yiddish, Old English, and the Temporal Other

A medieval­ist uses Yid­dish in her scrip­tur­al scholarship. 

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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2016

A bib­li­og­ra­phy of the pro­lif­ic out­put of Yid­dish schol­ar­ship pub­lished in Eng­lish last year. 

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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2017

A bib­li­og­ra­phy of the out­put of Yid­dish schol­ar­ship pub­lished in Eng­lish last year.

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