“reference resources”

Pedagogy

Writings of Destruction and Reconstruction in the Polish-Jewish Diaspora: The Case of Yankev (Jacob) Pat, Yiddish Author, Educator and Activist

Constance Pâris de Bollardière

This article serves as a biographical and bibliographical reference text to introduce readers to Yankev (Jacob) Pat’s life and career, with a focus on the early postwar years.

Pedagogy

Tsugob: Urke Nachalnik on the Yiddish Stage

Jonah Lubin

Last spring we published Jon­ah Lubin's overview and bibliography of "Master Criminal" Urke Nachalnik. Now, he has expanded this research to discuss how Urke Nachalnik was represented in popular Yiddish culture.

Pedagogy

Chaim Grade: Facts of a Life

Susanne Klingenstein and Yehudah DovBer Zirkind

This essay offers the first fruits of laborious research in Grade’s papers, which were were jointly acquired by the National Library of Israel and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York in 2013.