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

Blog

Jews in the Archives: A Conversation with Gennady Estraikh

Gen­nady Estraikh speaks with Man­ag­ing Edi­tor Sarah Ellen Zarrow about the ground­break­ing project A Com­pre­hen­sive His­to­ry of the Jews of the Sovi­et Union,” a sev­en-year ini­tia­tive led by researchers in NYU’s Skir­ball Depart­ment of Hebrew and Juda­ic Studies.

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Diocese of Birobidzhan

Yev­geniy Fiks looks at Biro­bidzhan’s (Chris­t­ian) present. 

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Before Birobidzhan

Yev­geniy Fiks vis­its Biro­bidzhan, and refus­es nos­tal­gia and mourn­ing on his return. 

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"Himl un Erd: Artifacts, Imagination, and Speculative Russian Jewish Pasts and Futures"

Lipsker reviews Yev­geniy Fik­s’s exhi­bi­tion Himl un Erd, a project that bold­ly probes the con­nec­tions between Russ­ian-Jew­ish his­to­ry and the Sovi­et space-explo­ration projects. 

Interview

Moscow’s Yiddish Center: An Interview with Lyubov Lavrova and Olga Vinogradova

Tova Ben­jamin, Lyubov Lavro­va, and Olga Vino­grado­va dis­cuss Yid­dish in Moscow, includ­ing the Jew­ish Muse­um in Moscow, orga­niz­ing a leyen krayz, and con­tem­po­rary Yid­dish cul­ture in Moscow.

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Yiddish Studies in Russian: 2014–2019

An anno­tat­ed bib­li­og­ra­phy of Yid­dish Stud­ies schol­ar­ship pub­lished in Rus­sia between 2014 and 2019.

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