“Place and space”
Blog
Before Birobidzhan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks visits Birobidzhan, and refuses nostalgia and mourning on his return.
May 07, 2018
Blog
Diocese of Birobidzhan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks looks at Birobidzhan's (Christian) present.
May 07, 2018
Blog
Where Text Meets Sweat: Reading Yiddish Utopia in the Utah Landscape
Erin Faigin
Erin Faigin asks utopian questions in Clarion, Utah, the site of a former Yiddish agricultural colony.
Dec 27, 2017
Interview
Seeking and Queering Utopia: A Chat About the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program
Noam Green and Tova Benjamin
Queerness, religion, and the other in the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program
Nov 24, 2017
Pedagogy
Inhabiting Multiple Homelands: Teaching in a Summer Yiddish Program
Justin Cammy
Nov 13, 2017
Pedagogy
Reflections on Space in Learning Yiddish
Erin Faigin
Erin Faigin, who studied Yiddish in various summer programs, reflects on the importance of space and place in Yiddish Studies, asking herself, "What does it mean to speak Yiddish in this place?"
Dec 22, 2015