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

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What was the kultur-tuer?

A por­trait of the kul­tur-tuer, Moyshe Shtark­man (19061975), the activist engaged in the day-to-day moments that mate­ri­al­ly and intel­lec­tu­al­ly make Yid­dish culture.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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