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Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture abounds with #MeToo moments — rep­re­sen­ta­tions of sex­u­al exploita­tion and mis­con­duct. If our list here, which is by no means com­plete or exhaus­tive, uncov­ered so many trou­bling scenes, how many more of these scenes unset­tle Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture as a whole? And what does the pro­lif­er­a­tion of such scenes tell us about the role these dynam­ics played in the lives of Yid­dish speak­ers –– what they expect­ed from, feared, or expe­ri­enced in the workplace?

Nov 02, 2021

Matthew John­son and Corbin Allardice talk with Goldie Mor­gen­taler, Cha­va Rosenfarb’s daugh­ter and edi­tor and trans­la­tor of a recent­ly pub­lished col­lec­tion of Rosen­far­b’s essays. 

Jan 27, 2020

Eve Romm looks to tkhines — Yid­dish women’s devo­tion­al lit­er­a­ture — for High Hol­i­days prayers that ​“feel earnest, ten­der, and rich­ly human.”

Oct 17, 2019

Avi Blitz dis­cuss­es the pop­u­lar­i­ty and gen­der-inflect­ed atti­tude toward the Tsene-rene in Hare­di com­mu­ni­ties in con­tem­po­rary Israel.

May 06, 2019

The invis­i­ble labor, and lib­er­a­tion, of a short­hand for Yiddish. 

Oct 20, 2017

Just in time for the new spring run, a review of the New Yid­dish Rep’s pro­duc­tion of Sholem Asch’s (in)famous play. 

Mar 17, 2017