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Farbindun­gen 2025 was a cel­e­bra­tion of Yid­dish in all its messy, defi­ant, and ever-evolv­ing forms.

Mar 24, 2025

What hap­pens when the focus of Yid­dish Stud­ies shifts from ​“dias­po­ra” to ​“ecol­o­gy”?

Mar 17, 2025

When you’re a Yid­dishist, if you put in the work, it’s not too hard to push the envelope.

Mar 13, 2025

If you seek your shund on screen, look no further.

Mar 13, 2025

Here we are again, send­ing out our lit­tle bit of silli­ness that we insist on spread­ing, even when it is hard to find a way toward joy.

Mar 13, 2025

In geveb is announc­ing some changes in ter­mi­nol­o­gy and approach in light of the recent exec­u­tive orders by the Aha­suerus administration.

Mar 13, 2025

Trump has shocked Yid­dish lin­guists with a storm of exec­u­tive orders, claim­ing expan­sive pow­er over Yiddish.

Mar 13, 2025

The tra­di­tion­al Purim atmos­phere of release, excite­ment, and per­mis­sive­ness was par­tic­u­lar­ly suit­ed to the emo­tion­al needs of the time.

Mar 08, 2025

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

In coun­ter­point to per­va­sive pop­u­lar con­cep­tions of Yid­dish as back­ward-fac­ing or nos­tal­gic, we invite sub­mis­sions to a spe­cial issue of In geveb on ​“Yid­dish Sci­ence Fic­tion” that looks specif­i­cal­ly toward Yid­dish futures that touch on themes of sci­ence or technology.

Feb 19, 2025