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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

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Linguistic Treasures in the Archive: An Interview with Isaac L. Bleaman on the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

The Cor­pus of Spo­ken Yid­dish in Europe, a dig­i­tal lan­guage archive sourced from Holo­caust sur­vivor tes­ti­monies from the USC Shoah Foun­da­tion, is a project fund­ed by a five-year CAREER Award from the Nation­al Sci­ence Foun­da­tion that will serve as a resource for Yid­dish lin­guis­tics, ped­a­gogy, and lan­guage revitalization.

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In The Great Dictionary of Yiddish Language, the dictionary dazzles

In The Great Dic­tio­nary of Yid­dish Lan­guage: A Cham­ber Opera, com­pos­er Alex Weis­er and libret­tist Ben Kaplan endow enchant­ment and glam­or on their decid­ed­ly unglam­orous pro­tag­o­nists and, most impor­tant­ly, height­en our atten­tion to their doubts and tor­ments the way only an opera can. 

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Yiddish Studies - Present and Future: A Conference Marking the 15th Yortsayt of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter (z’’l)

Yid­dish Stud­ies — Present and Future: A con­fer­ence mark­ing the 15th yort­sayt of Dr. Mord­khe Schaechter (z’’l) includ­ed dis­cus­sion and debate.

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Body of Language, Transforming the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry: An Interview between David Shneer, Rob Adler Peckerar and Alexx Shilling

David Shneer inter­views Rob Adler Peck­er­ar and Alexx Shilling about their project to bring embod­ied artis­tic inter­pre­ta­tion to bear on a lin­guis­tic archive. 

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Searching for Ashkenaz

Ashke­naz, the undis­cov­ered coun­try, lies just north of nowhere and a lit­tle west of wher­ev­er we want it to be.

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Incomplete Yiddish Philology

Ever won­der why the Yid­dish dic­tio­nary has only four vol­umes, all for the let­ter aleph? Click here to find out!

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