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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Rediscovering Radical Rabbi Abraham Bick at the Site of the Former Institut far Yidisher Bildung
Hayyim Rothman
Rabbi Abraham Bick united a serious commitment to traditional Judaism with political radicalism in his short-lived New York City yeshiva, the Institut far Yidisher Bildung.
Jan 12, 2020
Blog
“What a ‘Medina’ is Amerikay”: Postvernacular Yiddish in Nineteenth-Century America
Shari Rabin
In mid-nineteenth century America, early use of postvernacular Yiddish helped Jews locate themselves in the culture.
Sep 13, 2016
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Second Avenue Meets Broadway: New York’s Yiddish Theater at MCNY
Saul Noam Zaritt
An interview with Stefanie Halpern, assistant curator of the current exhibition on New York’s Yiddish Theater at the Museum of the City of New York.
Mar 29, 2016
Interview
Yiddish on Transparent: A Talk with Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Diana Clarke and Saul Noam Zaritt
Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue on writing Transparent in Yiddish, whether or not you noticed.
Mar 01, 2016
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Yiddish Counterlives, or How to Think Beyond Broadway Yiddish
Diana Clarke and Saul Noam Zaritt
When American popular culture imagines Yiddish as a language of vulgar comedy, how can Yiddish cultural activists respond?
Dec 24, 2015
Blog
The Virtuoso of Loneliness: A Brief Invitation to Leyeles
Zackary Sholem Berger
Hear the voice of Yiddish poet Aaron Glantz-Leyeles as he meditates on the loneliness of the Yiddish writer while still embracing the magic of the American landscape.
Oct 06, 2015
Blog
What was the kultur-tuer?
Ross Perlin
A portrait of the kultur-tuer, Moyshe Shtarkman (1906-1975), the activist engaged in the day-to-day moments that materially and intellectually make Yiddish culture.
Aug 13, 2015