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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Sculpting Memory in the Work of Zenia Marcinkowska Larsson: A Swedish Holocaust Writer and Friend of Chava Rosenfarb
Zenia Marcinkowska Larsson, who died in 2007, left behind a rich literary and artistic legacy which, now that it has been brought back into view, proves capable of inspiring future generations.
Mar 15, 2026
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Teaching Guide to In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union
The stories gathered in In the Shadow of the Holocaust offer distinctive vantage points on how people continue to live after a catastrophe. We suggest some avenues for class discussion that offer a framework for approaching postwar Soviet Jewish writing as literature of persistence rather than of catastrophe alone.
Feb 23, 2026
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Announcing the 2026 Cohort of In geveb/Fortunoff Fellows!
In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering again to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productions based on the unique Yiddish oral histories at the Fortunoff Archive.
Feb 15, 2026
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Call for Proposals: In geveb/Fortunoff Archive Fellowship 2025
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University is collaborating with In geveb to encourage and fund scholars to work with the collection.
Oct 27, 2025
Interview
Shotns -Shadows: Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive, Volume III: An interview with D. Zisl Slepovitch
Meaghan Guterman speaks with D. Zisl Slepovich about his powerful collection of albums based on songs from Holocaust survivor testimonies held at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.
Jun 04, 2025
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Seen from Afar: Henry Kreisel’s and Yankev Glatshteyn’s 1930s Vienna
Reflections on two works of fiction that provided an immersive rendering of Jewish persecution in 1930s Austria.
May 20, 2025
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Multiple Voices, One Archive: In geveb and Fortunoff Archive Work to Encourage Scholarly and Artistic Interpretation of Yiddish Testimony
Introducing essays describing the projects that our fellows have undertaken to interpret materials from the archive artistically, musically, and for educative purposes.
Apr 22, 2025
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Centering the Voice of the Witness
A member of the 2023 In geveb/Fortunoff fellowship cohort reflects on the question “How can one ethically use recorded Holocaust testimony as the basis for musical composition?”
Apr 22, 2025
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Julia Pirotte’s Yiddish
On the role of Yiddish in the Holocaust testimony of Julia Pirotte, a Polish Jewish photographer.
Apr 22, 2025
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Veln di verter oykh nern: Continuing Vilna’s Legacy of Cultural Resistance
Veln Di Verter Oykh Nern (The Words Will Also Nourish) is a body of work, including an edition of artist books and twelve accompanying prints, that Etai Rogers-Fett created as an In geveb/Fortunoff fellow between Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. The work emerges from Paja L’s Yiddish testimony about her experiences as a young woman, teacher, and library worker in the Vilna Ghetto.
Apr 22, 2025