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How Jewish Studies has changed

admin December 23, 2011

 Jack Kugelmass, professor of Anthropology, explains how the world of Jewish studies has changed since he was a graduate student and the impact of anthropology on the study of Jewish history.

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Yiddish in the Academy

Christa Whitney September 07, 2011

 In this ongoing series, the Wexler Oral History Project interviews prominent figures in Academia contributing research in areas related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.

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Summer 2011 letter from Aaron Lansky

Randi Silnutzer July 28, 2011

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Experiences with Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

admin June 30, 2011

 Miriam discusses not being allowed to enter men's clubs for work meetings because of her gender, in comparison to today.

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Significance of naming

admin April 04, 2011

 Professor Justin Cammy of Smith College describes how he was named, and how he chose the names for his children.

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Triangle Factory Fire Commemoration

Pauline Katz March 31, 2011

On Sunday, March 27, I was one of 146 people representing someone who had been killed in the Triangle Factory Fire of 1911. All week, New York bustled with events commemorating the tragedy and the reforms that followed; I went to two of them. The first was “The Cloth From Which We Are Cut,”...

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A velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Yiddish Culture

Randi Silnutzer February 03, 2011

A velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Yiddish Culture explores the many facets of modern Yiddish language, literature, and culture.

Drawing on the Center’s own collection of one million Yiddish books, the main display, Unquiet Pages, examines the fascinating contents of Yiddish novels, plays, poetry, memoirs, and reportage.  In another gallery, “Sholem-bayes: The American Jewish Home” takes a lively look at how the Jewish home has been depicted in literature and related mediums. The Kinder-vinkl introduces visitors to the origins, sounds, appearance and uses of the Yiddish language. A Yiddish print shop presents traditional printing equipment on which Yiddish newspapers and other common materials were produced.

Unquiet Pages was made possible through a generous grant by the David Berg Foundation.

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