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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Yiddish Counterlives, or How to Think Beyond Broadway Yiddish
When American popular culture imagines Yiddish as a language of vulgar comedy, how can Yiddish cultural activists respond?
Dec 24, 2015
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
Interview
“Nothing’s of use to me, except this little song”: Norbert Hirschhorn Reimagines Yiddish Song
A new volume of poetry that re-imagines Yiddish folk song as confession, political protest, and playful soundscape.
Apr 05, 2016
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Yiddish Lives! Loshn of the Living Dead
Yiddish is Dead! Yiddish is Alive! Yiddish is the Living Dead?
Mar 09, 2017