“purim”
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New Merch: “Yiddish Is Dying" Inspirational Wall Calendar
The Editors
To celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of our ten-year anniversary, we are pleased to announce our new fundraising appeal, the “Yiddish is Dying” Inspirational Wall Calendar.
Feb 27, 2026
Texts & Translation
דער װלאָצלאַװקער זייפֿנזידער און דער מעזריטשער זייגערמאַכער
The Włocławek Soap Maker and the Międzyrzec Watchmaker
Duvid Tsudek Zakalik
Translation by David L. Zakalik
In a fictionalized account of his experiences during World War II, Duvid Tsudek Zakalik writes of Purim 1941 in a Soviet labor camp.
Feb 27, 2026
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You can now hear people crying in Yiddish in bars all over Berlin
Berlin Correspondent
Feb 27, 2026
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Controversy Over Mamdani's Declaration of Yiddish as THE Official Jewish Language
A. Reporter
Since swearing in as Mayor of New York City on Jan 1st, Zohran Mamdani has not wasted any time in declaring Yiddish THE official language of the Jewish people.
Feb 27, 2026
Texts & Translation
דער לץ
The Clown
Yonia Fain
Translation by Nicholas Heskes
Yonia Fain's story follows an avant-garde theater troupe—and their clown—as the director casts the role of dictator in their next production.
Feb 27, 2026
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World Record: Yiddish Student Wins Leksikon Shpil in One Guess, Three Days in a Row
An Ekst-Profesioneler Oysforsh-Reporter
When you're a Yiddishist, if you put in the work, it’s not too hard to push the envelope.
Mar 13, 2025
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The Netflix Series the Shtetlcore Crowd Has Been Waiting For
Shanda Gramt
If you seek your shund on screen, look no further.
Mar 13, 2025
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Letter from the Editor: The Gifts we Bring
Jessica Kirzane
Here we are again, sending out our little bit of silliness that we insist on spreading, even when it is hard to find a way toward joy.
Mar 13, 2025
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Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Yiddish Language Planning
A. Reporter
Trump has shocked Yiddish linguists with a storm of executive orders, claiming expansive power over Yiddish.
Mar 13, 2025
Texts & Translation
אַ פּורים־מלכּה
A Purim Queen
Rosa Palatnik
Translation by Julia Koifman
A short story by Rosa Palatnik about two Purim pageants set in Poland and Brazil.
Mar 13, 2025
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No, We Don’t Need to Talk About Shmuel Charney
The Editors
In geveb is announcing some changes in terminology and approach in light of the recent executive orders by the Ahasuerus administration.
Mar 13, 2025
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The Landsberg Carnival: Purim in a Displaced Persons Center
Toby Blum-Dobkin
The traditional Purim atmosphere of release, excitement, and permissiveness was particularly suited to the emotional needs of the time.
Mar 08, 2025
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Pin the Hat on Sholem Shachne
Alona Bach
Play it today, or at least you should definitely play it in time for Peysekh.
Mar 23, 2024
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A Purim Letter from the Editors: Laughter is Despair's Opposite
Jessica Kirzane and The Editors
Because laughter articulates a hope for survival we offer you once again our Purim issue of In geveb.
Mar 23, 2024
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CFP[urim]: Farbinduckn Annual Conference (2025)
Alona Bach, Carolyn Beard, Cameron Bernstein, Sophia Shoulson, Sean Sidky and Jacob Hermant
Mar 23, 2024
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Cerealized Yiddish: Good to the Last Dropkin
Tevye the Tiger and !ברױזט! טרעשטשעט! קנאַקט
.קינדער זײַנען פֿאַרליבט אין די סעריאַלס
Mar 23, 2024
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Briv Funem Arkhiv: Jessica Kirzner’s “The Beach” (1996) and Rokhl Fishman’s “Yam mikh arum” (1962)
Alona Beach
The newly-rediscovered “The Beach” (1996) is a striking early example of Yiddish writer, translator, editor, and teacher Jessica Kirzane’s non-Yiddish work.
Mar 23, 2024
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Onbotn fun robotn: Futures for Algorithmic Yiddishkayt
Alona Robach
The Di robotn conference celebrated the legacy of bots in the Yiddish corpus, dreaming of futures for robots in the Yiddishist world.
Mar 05, 2023
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YIVO Finds More Archival Documents in Biden Home
A. Reporter
This latest discovery comes at a time when a staggering number of long-lost Yiddish documents have been showing up in the homes of prominent politicians.
Mar 04, 2023
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Printable Bronx Bohemian Fashion Paper Dolls
Alona Bach
Now you can play with your favorite Yiddish cultural figures!
Mar 03, 2023
Texts & Translation
אַ באַנקעט פֿאַר יוסף ראָלניק
A Banquet for Joseph Rolnik
Miriam Karpilove
Translation by Jessica Kirzane
a snippet of Miriam Karpilove's snark
Mar 16, 2022
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Shomer Aleichem: The Facts of A Life
Sonia Gollance and Pamela Brenner
This essay offers for the first time information verified by our own comedic sensibilities about Shomer Aleichem’s significant and influential corpus.
Mar 16, 2022
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Announcing In geveb’s New Subscription Model
The Editors
We decided it was high time to make a little money off of you.
Mar 16, 2022
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Call for Papers: Kol Ish: Reclaiming Men’s Voices
Malka Radbitch, The Evelyn Lang College for Liberal Arts, The Nu School and Erna Glants-Leyeles, Columbia University
What is the role of men writers in the development of Yiddish literature? For too long, men writers have been neglected by literary critics, scholars, and cultural institutions.
Mar 16, 2022
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A Purim Letter from the Editors: Hamans Never Triumph
Jessica Kirzane and The Editors
If you arrived at In geveb’s Purim issue reluctantly because you are not in the mood for laughter, Purim offers an outlet for other feelings as well, such as rage, hope, and despair.
Mar 16, 2022
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War of the Wordles
Malcom Marszmallow
Yeder vertl hot zikh zayn ertl (every Wordle finds its girdle)
Mar 16, 2022
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Yiddish Songs to Sing in the Shower
The Editors
We asked some experts, whose answers are dripping with wisdom.
Mar 16, 2022
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In praise of “איז”, a Loveable, Adorable, but also Tragic Yiddish Word With Many Meanings
The Editors
The word איז is both funny and sad, like Yiddish itself. It comes from somewhere in Eastern Europe.
Mar 16, 2022
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Asch Wednesday at the White House
Sonia Gollance
On Wednesday, February 26, President Joseph R. Biden announced in a press briefing that he will be hosting Asch Wednesday 2022 at the White House.
Feb 25, 2021
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From Glitches to Gold: Innovative Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom
Jessica Kirzane
Technology glitches and COVID-era difficulties are opportunities to be creative and think on our toes.
Feb 22, 2021
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The Fully Authentic Final Exam for Elementary Yiddish I
Asya Schulman and Jessica Kirzane
An innovative series of authentic real-world speaking and writing prompts for students finishing their first semester of Yiddish.
Feb 17, 2021
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Briv funem Arkhiv: A Peek Inside Our Inbox
The Editors
While we usually conceive of the archive as a place to learn about the past, today we’re looking at a repository that can tell us about the place of Yiddish in today’s world full of rapid digital communication… and spam.
Feb 17, 2021
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In geveb's 120 under 120
The Editors
Welcome to In geveb's 120 under 120 list, our annual selection of movers and shakers in the Yiddish world—all of them under 120 years of age!
Mar 09, 2020
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Raisin’ New Voices: An Evening at the Release Party for the New-ish Journal of Jewish Politics, Jewish Raisins
The Editors
Mar 09, 2020
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New Yiddish Productions on Broadway
We're restoring some Broadway musicals to their intended Yiddish originals.
Mar 20, 2019
Texts & Translation
פֿון מגילה לידער
Excerpts from Itsik Manger's Megile Lider (Megillah Poems)
Itzik Manger
Translation by Hershl Hartman
The Book of Esther as reimagined by Itsik Manger
Feb 28, 2018
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Medal Tally for Team Yiddishland at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
The Editors
Feb 27, 2018
Texts & Translation
גאָר-אַוטאָמאַטעד טראַנסלאַטיאָן מאַשין
Fully-Automated Translation Machine
The Editors
Translation by Google Translate
Feb 27, 2018
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for "Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem," by The Editors
Jessica Kirzane
Feb 27, 2018
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Announcing: Breytbord Nayes
The Editors
All the news that isn't fit for anyone to read, ever.
Mar 09, 2017
Texts & Translation
Yiddish Literature 100% Translated
Breaking News: Stop Translating!
Mar 09, 2017
Pedagogy
Yiddish Overtakes English as Most Widely Taught Language in the World
Breaking fake news! Yiddish most taught language in world.
Mar 09, 2017
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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
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Introducing YiddishSpa! A New Yiddish Program for Summer 2017
Dory Fox
In geveb announces the opening of a new summer sanatorium, for Yiddishists looking to improve their language skills while taking the cure.
Mar 09, 2017
Texts & Translation
אין צײַט פֿון פֿאַרנומענעם פּױלן
In Occupied Poland
Moyshe Aftergut
Translation by Shifra Epstein
A summary of the first pirem-shpil or “Purim play” written, produced and performed by Bobover Hasidim in the United States after the Second World War.
Feb 14, 2017
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Fin der redaktsiye: In geveb to Switch to Galitsianer Standard Yiddish
The Editors
After much deliberation, and lobbying from the Peylish Caucus, the In geveb Editorial Board has resolved to use Galitsianer Standard Yiddish going forward.
Mar 23, 2016
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Yiddish Revival Declared a Success
The Editors
In a shocking turn of events on the eve of Pirim, Yiddish has been declared fully revived!
Mar 23, 2016
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Bernie Sanders redt af yidish
The Editors
Bernie Sanders, Democratic forerunner, speaks out on behalf of Yiddish underdogs.
Mar 23, 2016
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Yehoash’s Scroll: A Calligraphed Megiles Ester
Shifra Epstein
In honor of Purim, a fine calligraphed scroll of Yehoash's translation into Yiddish of the Book of Esther, completed by the poet's daughter Chava.
Mar 22, 2016
Texts & Translation
חנניה, מישאל ועזריה בתוך כּבֿשן־האש
Ḥananiah, Mishael and Azariah in the Fiery Furnace (The Daniel-Shpil)
Translation by Shifra Epstein
A new translation of a purim-shpil performed by the Bobover Hasidim in New York in 1987 with audio and photographs of the performance offers a unique glimpse into contemporary hasidic culture.
Nov 03, 2015