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Ain’t No Party Like a Shnorer Party: The Wild and Short Life of a Literary Support Group
The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.
Oct 04, 2023
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Printable Bronx Bohemian Fashion Paper Dolls
Now you can play with your favorite Yiddish cultural figures!
Mar 03, 2023
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Freidus, Borokhov, and the Café Royal
Baker explores the career of Abraham S. Freidus, a reclusive, pioneering, and Yiddish-theater-loving Judaica librarian. His research reveals the tight nexus that existed a century ago between a small coterie of Eastern European-born Judaica librarians in the United States; their philanthropic patrons of Central European background; and the largely male, Yiddish-speaking readers who frequented the important Jewish libraries of that era.
Mar 07, 2021
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Rediscovering Radical Rabbi Abraham Bick at the Site of the Former Institut far Yidisher Bildung
Rabbi Abraham Bick united a serious commitment to traditional Judaism with political radicalism in his short-lived New York City yeshiva, the Institut far Yidisher Bildung.
Jan 12, 2020