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This essay about Yid­dish-speak­ing artist Nathan Alt­man, writ­ten in French by Dr. Pas­cale Samuel, is from the cat­a­logue accom­pa­ny­ing the exhi­bi­tion ​“The Dyb­buk: Phan­tom of a Lost World,” on view at Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme [Muse­um of the Art and His­to­ry of Judaism] (mahJ) in Paris through Jan­u­ary 26, 2025. 

Dec 05, 2024

There is a lot that Yev­geniy Fiks wants us to unforget.

Oct 18, 2024

A melo­dra­mat­ic stu­dio pho­to­graph illus­trates the widen­ing gap between the Amer­i­can and Sovi­et branch­es of the author’s family.

Jan 18, 2023

In its mul­ti­lin­gual­ism and mul­ti­vo­cal­i­ty, this work­shop on Cold War Yid­dish was an anti-eulo­gy that spoke to after­lives instead of endings.

Mar 29, 2022

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. 

Dec 14, 2018

Joseph Heller reflects on oppres­sion, sol­i­dar­i­ty, mutu­al prej­u­dice, and Yev­geniy Fiks’ new book. 

Apr 05, 2017

Anna Ele­na Tor­res talks with Yev­geniy Fiks about Inter­na­tion­al­ism, queer pol­i­tics, utopias and imag­i­nary map­ping, and Sovi­et Yiddish.

Apr 05, 2017

The long­time edi­tor of the Yid­dish Forverts and author of four­teen books spoke with Sarah Ponichtera about grow­ing up in Sovi­et Mol­davia, being an immi­grant, and reading. 

Mar 06, 2017

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.

May 26, 2016

Lis­ten to a con­tem­po­rary rethink­ing of Biro­bidzhan, the longed-for but most­ly imag­i­nary Jew­ish ter­ri­to­r­i­al project.

Oct 18, 2015