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The 2087th Question or When Silence Is the Only Answer
Irena Klepfisz
What kind of life will there be after the Resurrection of the Dead?
I may not believe in an afterlife or in resurrections, but I do believe that cultures can be reawakened and revived in new generations.
Jan 07, 2020
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Northern Voices: New Yiddish Song in Sweden
Jewlia Eisenberg
Eisenberg reviews Shtoltse Lider, a multimedia stage show, with songs in Yiddish and English, and explanations and evocations in Swedish, from Swedish duo Ida and Louise.
Jun 25, 2019
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“Circular Landscapes: A Symposium on Debora Vogel": A Student's Perspective
Jonah Lubin
May 27, 2019
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Sweeping, Bewitching, Divinely Dissonant: A Review of Alex Weiser's Album and all the days were purple
Miranda Cooper
May 22, 2019
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“They were unique. They knew it.”: An Interview with Paul Buhle on Field Work, Poetry and the History of the American Left
Diana Clarke
Apr 13, 2019
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An Idiosyncratic Round-Up of Yiddish Poetry in 2018
Zackary Sholem Berger
A list of all Yiddish books of poetry published in 2018, sorted alphabetically by the author’s last name, together with my individual idiosyncratic impressions about what this book tells us about Yiddish poetry today.
Jan 31, 2019
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Speaking of Sutzkever: On Yiddish in Scandinavia
Jan Schwarz
New research and translation of Avrom Sutzkever’s work leads to a multilingual, multinational convening of Yiddishists in Copenhagen, Denmark and in Lund, Sweden.
Jun 28, 2018
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Playlisticle: Yiddish Orality in an Age of Digital Reproduction
David G. Roskies
A playlisticle of Yiddish speech acts available in digital formats.
Jun 25, 2018
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Yiddish Moves
Richard J. Fein
Not a translation! An original English-language Yiddish poem.
Apr 18, 2018
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The Virtuoso of Loneliness: A Brief Invitation to Leyeles
Zackary Sholem Berger
Hear the voice of Yiddish poet Aaron Glantz-Leyeles as he meditates on the loneliness of the Yiddish writer while still embracing the magic of the American landscape.
Oct 06, 2015