Blog

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

Blog

A Whole Life of Poems: Glikl Speaks in Sonnets

Glikl of Hameln—or Glikl bas Judah Leib, as she is also called—began to nudge at my thoughts two years ago. 

Blog

The Paratexts of Para-Liturgy: A Selection of Found Tkhine Poems

Through translation and creative writing - in the form of found poems - Dalia Wolfson explores the experiences of the women reciting tkhines in the Early Modern period.

Interview

Old Yiddish Scholarship in the Past, Present, and Future: An Interview with Chava Turniansky

Aya Elyada interviews Chava Turniansky and discusses her career, her research, and the state of the field of Old Yiddish language and literature.

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