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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Heritage Tourism in Poland, A Critique in Comedy: A Review of A Real Pain
Though this film squarely fits into the growing genre of films about the return of Jews to Poland, its engine is character, not history.
Jan 13, 2025
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Etlekhe verter vegn Irena Klepfisz and her poetry: A few words about Irena Klepfisz’s recent publications
Her Birth and Later Years and Pomiędzy światami/ Between Worlds are more than poems and essays; these books are a testament to Irena Klepfisz’s life as a survivor, a Jewish lesbian, a Yiddishist, and a political activist.
Oct 21, 2024
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2023, the “Year of Chava Rosenfarb” in Lodz
A future beyond anything Rosenfarb dared to imagine is now present, and it exists alongside the painful past.
May 07, 2024
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Briv funem arkhiv: Mojzesz Frostig, saved from the trash heap of history
This collection — the intimate letters and a diary of an early twentieth century Zionist politician— was saved from oblivion by chance, found in a pile of trash in Israel. Through various intermediaries, the collection then ended up at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.
Apr 22, 2024
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Yiddish and the Jewish Voice in The Zone of Interest
Whether or not The Zone of Interest is a good film does not hinge on the usage of a minute-long melody. But I do believe its employment tells us the film was impeccably researched by a Jewish director with a clear vision for who ought to say what, and when.
Apr 16, 2024
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New Inspirations for Jewish Music: A Review of the Concert Inaugurating this Year's POLIN Music Festival
The POLIN Music Festival is an event dedicated to the broad spectrum of Jewish music. This year, the concert inaugurating the 6th edition of the festival took place on February 23rd at the POLIN Auditorium.
Apr 10, 2024
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Reclaiming Aspects of the Jewish Past and Remixing Them: An Interview with Performance Artist Julie Weitz
Weaver interviewed Julie Weitz about her ongoing Doikayt project: A series of ritualistic, improvisational performances at Jewish sites across Eastern Europe.
Apr 05, 2024
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“Do What You Can to Survive”: Women’s Holocaust Memories in Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
The creators of the 2023 album Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango grapple with complex questions about long-term trauma and the burdens of memory for women who survived the Holocaust.
Feb 23, 2024
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"I salvage the shards": an interview with Polish poet Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
An interview with Polish poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.
Nov 02, 2022
Interview
A Meeting Place for Two Worlds: An Interview with Piotr Nazaruk and Lublin’s Grodzka Gate Center
Magdalena Kozłowska interviews Piotr Nazaruk about Lublin’s Grodzka Gate Center and the center’s new online exhibit of memory maps from yizkor bikher and oral history interviews.
Jul 06, 2020