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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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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
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Announcing the 2023 Cohort of Fortunoff/In geveb Fellows
In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productions based on the unique Yiddish oral histories at the Fortunoff Archive.
Oct 22, 2023