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Review of Henry H. Sapoznik, The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City | In geveb Drawing on his own passion, his background as chronicler of Yiddish song, and his deep research in thousands of newspapers, biographical materials, and many lit

Henry H. Sapoznik's "The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City," reviewed by Daniel J. Walkowitz

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Activism Despite Chaos: A review of Eli Gumener‘s A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir of Sorrow (Podolia, 1918–20) | In geveb In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

Activism Despite Chaos: A review of Eli Gumener‘s A Ukrainian Chapter: A Jewish Aid Worker’s Memoir of Sorrow (Podolia, 1918–20), by Vladyslava Moskalets

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Ready for some fun af der zun? 2026 is the year of the leyener, and In geveb is proud to gather the programs that allow you to do everything from dusting off your conversational Yiddish to parsing Yiddish texts:
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deadline is today!

A Roundup of Yiddish Culture/Klezmer Festivals and Series | In geveb A roundup of new and continuing Yiddish culture and klezmer festivals and series around the world.

A Roundup of Yiddish Culture/Klezmer Festivals and Series, shared with us by Sarah Biskowitz:

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A Roundup of Yiddish Culture/Klezmer Festivals and Series | In geveb A roundup of new and continuing Yiddish culture and klezmer festivals and series around the world.

A Roundup of Yiddish Culture/Klezmer Festivals and Series, shared with us by Sarah Biskowitz:

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deadline is today!

Ready for some fun af der zun? 2026 is the year of the leyener, and In geveb is proud to gather the programs that allow you to do everything from dusting off your conversational Yiddish to parsing Yiddish texts:
ingeveb.org/pedagogy/pro...

The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2025 | In geveb The latest installment of our annual effort to gather together the latest publications relevant to Yiddish Studies in English.

the latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2025 edition

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דער װלאָצלאַװקער זייפֿנזידער און דער מעזריטשער זייגערמאַכער | The Włocławek Soap Maker and the Międzyrzec Watchmaker | In geveb In a fictionalized account of his experiences during World War II, Duvid Tsudek Zakalik writes of Purim 1941 in a Soviet labor camp.

A more serious translation as we say goodbye to Purim: The Włocławek Soap Maker and the Międzyrzec Watchmaker, by Duvid Tsudek Zakalik. Translation by David L. Zakalik

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דער לץ | The Clown | In geveb 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.

For something a little more serious this Purim: "The Clown" by Yonia Fain, translated by Nicholas Heskes

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You can now hear people crying in Yiddish in bars all over Berlin | In geveb In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

REPORT: "You can now hear people crying in Yiddish in bars all over Berlin"

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Tips from an Est gezunterheyt Fangirl | In geveb In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

EXCLUSIVE: "Tips from an Est gezunterheyt Fangirl," by Brooklyn "Brukhe" Forverts Stan

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did you know? your favorite Australians...are YIDDISH speakers!

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Controversy Over Mamdani's Declaration of Yiddish as THE Official Jewish Language | In geveb 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.

BREAKING: Controversy Over Mamdani’s Declaration of Yiddish as THE Official Jewish Language

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New Merch: “Yiddish Is Dying" Inspirational Wall Calendar | In geveb 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” Inspir

NEW merch alert: just in time for Purim, a "Yiddish is Dying" Inspirational Wall Calendar!

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Template for A Purim Letter from the Editors | In geveb In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

"Please circle the responses that feel most accurate for you, and have a miserable or happy Purim!" (3/3)

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...It has recently come to our attention that there is unlikely to be a Purim any time soon without a circumstance somewhere in the world so serious that no one feels like joking. So rather than writing a new letter, we decided it would be more efficient to create this reusable template... (2/3)

"As we have set out to publish our annual Purim issue, I've found it necessary to preface the issue with an apology for our frivolity in light of the state of the world..." (1/3)
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Teaching Guide to In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union | In geveb The stories gathered in In the Shadow of the Holocaust offer distinctive vantage points on how people continue to live after a catastrophe. We suggest some aven

another new pedagogy piece: a teaching guide to "In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union," compiled and written by Sasha Senderovich and Harriet Murav

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NEW in Pedagogy:
"How to Read Without Text: A Book History Perspective on Tkhines" by Nora Cornell

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Teaching Guide to In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union | In geveb The stories gathered in In the Shadow of the Holocaust offer distinctive vantage points on how people continue to live after a catastrophe. We suggest some aven

For @ingeveb.bsky.social, Harriet Murav & I wrote on teaching stories from our new translation. Some ideas are how we imagine the book could be taught, others come from the practice of teaching a number of these stories in draft form in recent years. We hope it’s of use. ingeveb.org/blog/teachin...

Making - and Teaching with - Proste Yiddish - Simple Yiddish | In geveb Proste Yiddish is a podcast especially created for Yiddish learners which aims to be comprehensible for those in their first few years of learning.

NEW: an interview with Esther Singer, conducted by Jessica Kirzane, about the Proste Yiddish (Simple Yiddish) podcast 🦚

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We wanted to share this Call for Papers from PaRDeS:

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Announcing the 2026 Cohort of In geveb/Fortunoff Fellows! | In geveb In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering again to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productio

Announcing the 2026 Cohort of In geveb/Fortunoff Fellows! We are pleased to announce that we have chosen three finalists from a pool of excellent responses to our second call. You can read about them below:

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A Note from In geveb’s New Translations Editor: meet Claire Breger-Belsky!

"I have long seen In geveb as a place where I hoped to publish or even work...I am happy now to make a home here with you, readers of and contributors to such a wonderful space."

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NEW in translation: די טויבן פֿון סקװער / "The Birds of the Square" by Sholem Asch; translation by Sima Beeri and Barry Burland

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Jake Shulman-Ment and Abigale Reisman, Two Strings/צװיי סטרונעס. Borscht Beat, 2025. Zoë Aqua, In a Sea of Stars: Live from the Transylvanian Synagogue Tour. Adhyâropa Records, 2025.

NEW: A Review of Jake Shulman-Ment and Abigale Reisman’s Two Strings/Tsvey Strunes and Zoë Aqua’s In a Sea of Stars, by Jeremiah Lockwood

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