The USSR Turned Against The Jews. But First, It Was A Yiddish Intellectual Haven.
Only naive observers believed that in the 1920s writers like Dovid Bergelson and Moyshe Kulbak returned to the USSR solely for ideological reasons.
Reimagining the Lively Character of Pre-War Smocza Street
The Jewish neighborhood in Warsaw was denigrated as poor and dangerous but newspapers of the period reveal a diverse, dynamic Jewish community.
‘The Best Hope For Yiddish is in Israel:’ An Interview With Scholar Avrom Nowerstern
“Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a time where writing in Yiddish is utopian.”