“Yiddish counterlives”
Review
Yiddish Revival, Hebrew Revival: A Review
Saul Noam Zaritt
Thinking beyond notions of origin, nativity, and possession in language, Henig offers a reflection on the paradoxes of ethnolinguistic nationalism and what it might mean, instead, to linger on the stuttering, nomadic, and ghostly modes of an undead language.
Jun 05, 2025
Blog
Yiddish Lives! Loshn of the Living Dead
Saul Noam Zaritt and The Editors
Yiddish is Dead! Yiddish is Alive! Yiddish is the Living Dead?
Mar 09, 2017
Interview
“Nothing’s of use to me, except this little song”: Norbert Hirschhorn Reimagines Yiddish Song
Saul Noam Zaritt
A new volume of poetry that re-imagines Yiddish folk song as confession, political protest, and playful soundscape.
Apr 05, 2016
Interview
Yiddish on Transparent: A Talk with Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Dade Lemanski and Saul Noam Zaritt
Jill Soloway and Micah Fitzerman-Blue on writing Transparent in Yiddish, whether or not you noticed.
Mar 01, 2016
Blog
Yiddish Counterlives, or How to Think Beyond Broadway Yiddish
Dade Lemanski and Saul Noam Zaritt
When American popular culture imagines Yiddish as a language of vulgar comedy, how can Yiddish cultural activists respond?
Dec 24, 2015