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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 1

The first in a series of posts about an auto­bi­og­ra­phy found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland.

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 2

The sec­ond in a series of posts about an auto­bi­og­ra­phy found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland: RJ’s hatred of women but love for the hasidic tale!

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 3

The third in a series of five posts about an auto­bi­og­ra­phy found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland: the ched­er years!

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Part 4

The fourth in a series of five posts about an auto­bi­og­ra­phy found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland: sui­cide and the mod­ern library of a maskil.

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A Hasid Turns Modern: A YIVO Autobiography, Conclusion

The fifth and final post in an inves­ti­ga­tion of an auto­bi­og­ra­phy found in the YIVO archives from 1930s Poland: why do we need to read these auto­bi­ogra­phies today?

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Seizing the Means of Cultural Production: Hasidic Representation in Contemporary Yiddish Media

Lit­er­ary pro­duc­tion in Yid­dish is boom­ing, but because most of it is com­ing from Hasidic com­mu­ni­ties, schol­ars often over­look it. 

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