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

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Playlisticle: Yiddish Orality in an Age of Digital Reproduction

A playlis­ti­cle of Yid­dish speech acts avail­able in dig­i­tal formats.

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Another 'Tradition Omission': Reconsidering Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish

Fid­dlers Yid­dish trans­la­tion mer­its dis­cus­sion in The New York Times, not as his­to­ry or metaphor, but as a win­dow into how Jews tell sto­ries about themselves. 

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Call for Papers: Murder, Lust, and Laughter, or, Shund Theatre

We are seek­ing sub­mis­sions for a spe­cial issue on Yid­dish pop­u­lar theater.

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