“argentina”
Pedagogy
Who Is Listening to the Conversation? װער הערט זיך צו צו דער פּאָלעמיק?
Lucas Fiszman
A bilingual blog post on how the debate over the orthography of the Yiddish language is reflected in a textbook published by the Yidisher Kultur-Farband (henceforth IKUF) in Buenos Aires in 1958 and in several issues of Shul-Heftn, published by the same organization in the 1950s.
Jun 18, 2025
Review
Review of Paula Ansaldo’s “Broyt mit Teater.” Historia del Teatro Judío en Argentina
Claire Solomon
Paula Ansaldo’s book brings about a long-awaited return of Yiddish and the IFT to their rightful place in Argentine theater history and Jewish theater history.
Feb 26, 2025
Article
Musical Comedy as Compromise Formation: Judío and Judía (1926), by Ivo Pelay
Claire Solomon
Ivo Pelay's 1926 plays Judío and Judía, “Jew” and “Jewess,” thematize anxiety not only about the Argentineity of Jews, but also about the Jewishness of Argentina: the promise of assimilation and the threat of subversion.
May 02, 2021