“United States”
Review
Review of Seth Stern's Speaking Yiddish to Chickens
Zeke Levine
This account of Yiddish-speaking farmers offers a model for engaging with oral history and the memory of communities that have since disappeared.
Feb 14, 2024
Article
Breaking Ground, Broken English: Abraham Cahan’s The Imported Bridegroom
Hana Wirth-Nesher
Cahan's characters speak in broken languages, and in so doing find themselves unable to find stable ground in America.
Jul 07, 2020
Interview
Listening to Sylvia’s Children: A response to Briv funem Arkhiv: Letter from Sylvia Schneiderman to Itche Goldberg
Amye Rubinschneider
Amye Rubinschneider interviews her mother and aunt in response to Josie Naron's blog post about a letter from their mother, Rubinschneider's grandmother, a teacher fired during the Red Scare.
Mar 03, 2020
Pedagogy
My Hunger for Knowledge Was Immense: On Learning and Teaching Yiddish
Kolya Borodulin
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