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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Die Zweiflers and Frankfurt's Yiddish Underworld
The new ARD mini-series Die Zweiflers (The Zweiflers), a German TV, depicts the involvement of four generations of a Jewish family and their involvement in the red-light district in post-Holocaust Frankfurt, and displays their usage of Yiddish as it shifts over generations.
Feb 24, 2025
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Going Off Script: The Contradictory Pleasures of Unorthodox
Roni Masel proposes a “failed watching” of Netflix’s new series Unorthodox that sidesteps questions of authenticity in representation and instead “generates what we could call queer pleasure or OTD pleasure.”
Jun 29, 2020
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Translated and Improved: Yiddish Pop Culture in Israel
Yiddish is moving from the outskirts to the center of Israeli pop culture. Avi Blitz asks how that happens.
Nov 26, 2018
Interview
Bad Jews Making Good TV: An Interview with Yidlife Crisis
Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion on language politics in Montreal, Jewish comedy, and making pop culture in Yiddish.
Mar 27, 2016
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Shtisel’s Ghosts: The Politics of Yiddish in Israeli Popular Culture
An Israeli TV show about the Hasidic Shtisel family explores the country’s complicated language politics.
Mar 06, 2016
Interview
Yiddish on Transparent: A Talk with Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue on writing Transparent in Yiddish, whether or not you noticed.
Mar 01, 2016