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

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Yiddish in Vienna, 1904-1938: A Bibliography Tells (Nearly) All

An overview of the world of active Yiddish used and cultivated by twentieth-century literary migrants to Vienna, on the occasion of the completion of Thomas Soxberger’s twenty-year quest to establish the contours of Yiddish in Vienna.

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Beyond the Theater of Memory: Reflections on Yiddish Singing in the German-Speaking World

Isabel Frey reflects on the challenges and possibilities of performing Yiddish music as a Jewish performer in Germany and Austria beyond the insulated Berlin klezmer scene.

Interview

"We Should Not Create Enemies": Europe's Refugee Crisis and Yiddish Song

Austrian shepherd Hans Breuer on driving refugees across the border, and getting famous for singing Yiddish songs.

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