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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Briv funem arkhiv: Mojzesz Frostig, saved from the trash heap of history
This collection — the intimate letters and a diary of an early twentieth century Zionist politician— was saved from oblivion by chance, found in a pile of trash in Israel. Through various intermediaries, the collection then ended up at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
Apr 22, 2024
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Briv Funem Arkhiv: Jessica Kirzner’s “The Beach” (1996) and Rokhl Fishman’s “Yam mikh arum” (1962)
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Three Giants of Modern Jewish Literature at YIVO: Excerpts from the Diary of Ezekiel Lifschutz
Ezekiel Lifschutz’s diary from his time as YIVO chief archivist in the 1960s offers striking evidence of the institute’s importance in the wider Jewish world. In these passages, we see the personalities of three giants of modern Jewish literature — Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever, English novelist Saul Bellow, and Hebrew writer Shai Agnon — and their relationships to the Yiddish language.
Mar 09, 2022