“popular culture”

Warsaw casts a long shadow on other cities and the provinces in this account of Jewish culture throughout the Polish lands.

Dec 08, 2023

Shund.org launched in beta mode on August 9, 2023.

Oct 01, 2023

In his concert career Zaludkovsky walked a fine line between performing the sacred identity of cantor and falling into the forms of cultural crime that he himself had identified as corrupting tradition through excessive commercialization and mediatization of sacred music.

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May 23, 2022

We are seeking submissions for a special issue on Yiddish popular theater.

May 18, 2020

In this groundbreaking study, Lachs draws upon often ignored documents of popular culture (conventionally written off as shund by her predecessors) in order to paint a vivid picture of working class immigrant London at the turn of the 20th century.

Nov 04, 2019

Fiddler’s Yiddish translation merits discussion in The New York Times, not as history or metaphor, but as a window into how Jews tell stories about themselves. 

Apr 15, 2019

A playlisticle of Yiddish speech acts available in digital formats.

Jun 25, 2018

Apr 09, 2018