Israel names a street after renowned Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever
Sutzkever was a leader of the “Paper Brigade” that rescued Jewish cultural treasures from the Nazis
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Yiddish World Yiddish non-profit brings together literature, listening parties and language circles in London
‘Jargon’ founders sought a Jewish space that focuses on diaspora and counter-cultural Jewish characters
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Yiddish World Millennial anxieties are the ‘new normal’ in these Yiddish stories
For young Israeli author Shiri Shapira, the 9/11 attacks turned the future into something dangerous and uncertain
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Yiddish World You can now enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone
Here’s a selection of photos, videos and recordings from their permanent exhibition to get you started
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Yiddish World Yiddish culture shared mainstream racist stereotypes of the 1920s, new book shows
Even progressive Yiddish journalists and activists who protested anti-Black violence in the South used racist stereotypes
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Yiddish World A glimpse of the Jewish left in 1920s Palestine
Hanan Ayalti’s Yiddish novel "Boom and Chains," now in English, portrays the complex struggles of the Jewish pioneers
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Yiddish World Ukraine in the words of a murdered Yiddish poet
In June, a book festival in Kyiv featured a discussion titled “Yiddish as a Ukrainian Language”
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Yiddish World Commemorating the Yiddish writers and artists murdered on Aug. 12, 1952
Actress Yelena Shmulenson will tell the history of that horrific execution and read some of their poetry
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