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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Race Uprooted: Foreign Observation, American Racism, and Yiddish Journalism through I.J. Singer’s 1932 “Harlem Cabaret”
In “What I.J. Singer Saw in the Black Cabarets in Harlem” (1932), Singer offers an intricate—and often highly unsettling and, at times, overtly racist—glimpse into how eastern European Jews imagined Black people and “Blackness” in America.
May 22, 2024
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Review of Isaac Bashevis Singer's play "Enemies: A Love Story" at Lviv Theater
Bashevis Singer’s play takes on new meaning and relevance for Ukrainian audiences.
Apr 08, 2024
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Dora Schulner's Last Notebook
Heskes explores the contents of a slim, blue-leathered notebook he found in his parents’ garage. The notebook belonged to his grandmother’s mother, the Yiddish writer Dora Schulner.
May 28, 2020
Interview
Second Avenue Meets Broadway: New York’s Yiddish Theater at MCNY
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
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The Virtuoso of Loneliness: A Brief Invitation to Leyeles
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
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What was the kultur-tuer?
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