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Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s associate art director Motl Didner and literary manager Sabina Brukner talk with The Shmooze about their upcoming Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival.
Modern in Autumn
Modern in Autumn: The Belated Discovery of Blume Lempel
March 2020: Handpicked
Lesley is an education manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After delving into her selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Lesley about her choices.
Bontshe Shvayg in Lethbridge: Teaching Yiddish Literature in the Canadian Bible Belt
I teach Jewish literature to non-Jews. That statement may not seem very remarkable; after all, I also teach Victorian literature to non-Victorians and nineteenth-century literature to students born in the late twentieth century.
December 2017: Handpicked
As the Yiddish Book Center’s Bibliographer and Editorial Director, David is constantly making new discoveries, and he’s surfaced some fascinating items from our collections.
A Very Special "Baby" (Typewriter)
A look at Chava Rosenfarb's portable Hermes Baby typewriter
June 2017: Handpicked
Lisa Newman is the director of communications - she's constantly scouring our website for English-language recordings, articles, and oral histories that provide background for her work on Pakn Treger and The Shmooze.
Reading To Forget the Hunger in the Ghetto
A Diverse and Public Community: A Unique Jewish Community in Montreal
May 2021: Handpicked
Seb is the executive director of KlezKanada and a former Yiddish Book Center staff member. After delving into his selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Seb about his choices.
September 2021: Handpicked
Jennifer Young is the education program manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After delving into her selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Jennifer about her choices.
January 2021: Handpicked
Eddy is a writer and scholar of Yiddish and Jewish culture. After delving into his selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Eddy about his choices.
Women Poets and Writers
Though sometimes less well known, women have been writing in Yiddish from the sixteenth up through the twentieth century
April 2017: Handpicked
Sebastian Schulman just can't stay away from the Yiddish Book Center—a Center summer intern in 2004, he later served as director of its translation program before leaving to work on his dissertation. Here, Seb shares some of his favorite finds.
Women Writing Memoir
Stories from women memoirists
Online Lecture Series: Suggested Readings
A list of recommended readings for each online lecture
American Yiddish Poetry: Reading Resources
The third selection for the 2018 Great Jewish Books Book Club
Voices from the Vault: Yiddish Writers Speak Again
Unlocking a treasure trove of recordings of Yiddish writers
Trailblazer: Joanna Lisek
Dr. Joanna Lisek has seen her once-niche field expand tremendously over the past twenty years.
Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture
According to The Forward, for readers of Yiddish books, Spielberg’s special birthday is an opportunity to highlight another great contribution of his.