“Russia”

An annotated bibliography of Yiddish Studies scholarship published in Russia between 2014 and 2019.

May 05, 2020

Tova Benjamin, Lyubov Lavrova, and Olga Vinogradova discuss Yiddish in Moscow, including the Jewish Museum in Moscow, organizing a leyen krayz, and contemporary Yiddish culture in Moscow.

Apr 13, 2020

Borodulin’s acceptance speech for the 2019 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Prize, in which he outlines how he came to find a passion for Yiddish language instruction. 

Feb 03, 2020

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

Yevgeniy Fiks visits Birobidzhan, and refuses nostalgia and mourning on his return. 

May 07, 2018

Yevgeniy Fiks looks at Birobidzhan's (Christian) present. 

May 07, 2018

Henryk Berlewi's 1922 essay on Jewish art in Russia, published in Milgroym.

Feb 05, 2018

Masha Gessen's new book explores the history of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan through the story of David Bergelson and Simon Dubnow, whose thought and writing influenced its development.

Jun 26, 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