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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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My Yiddishist Friend Went to Israel and the West Bank: Personal Reflections
A bilingual reflection.
Oct 28, 2024
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Brivkestl: Call for Responses to our Publishing about the Israel-Gaza war
What do you think about our coverage in relation to the war in Gaza? Let us know.
Feb 27, 2024
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Asch Remembered: Sholem Asch Hoyz in Bat Yam
Sholem Asch’s arrival at the small house at 50 Arlozorov Street in the coastal town of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, was to be his final move in over two decades of travels. Six decades later, the house has been carefully restored and reopened as a museum.
Feb 16, 2020
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The Tsene-rene: In Search of a Seventeenth-Century Yiddish Bible in Modern-Day Jerusalem
Avi Blitz discusses the popularity and gender-inflected attitude toward the Tsene-rene in Haredi communities in contemporary Israel.
May 06, 2019
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“Being a man was about being tough, not backing down”: Rappers, Hasids, Sabras, and the Battle for the Future of Jewish Israeli Male Identity
Zionism sought to alter forever the image of the Jewish male. Avi Blitz looks at what happened, and how Yiddish fits in.
Feb 19, 2019
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Translated and Improved: Yiddish Pop Culture in Israel
Yiddish is moving from the outskirts to the center of Israeli pop culture. Avi Blitz asks how that happens.
Nov 26, 2018
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Shtisel’s Ghosts: The Politics of Yiddish in Israeli Popular Culture
An Israeli TV show about the Hasidic Shtisel family explores the country’s complicated language politics.
Mar 06, 2016