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From the Pages of Yedies
by ROBERTA NEWMAN In March 1977, Yedies included this short article about books in the YIVO Library by one very prolific author, Jonah Kreppel, reportedly the writer of 100 novels, as well as other works. His output included detective novels, no known examples of which were extant at the time the ...
Two Worlds/Tsvey Veltn: Interview with Benjy Fox-Rosen
On January 15, 2014, at 7 pm, Yiddish musicianBenjy Fox-Rosen will release Two Worlds/ Tsvey Veltn (Golden Horn Records),a new song cycle based on the poetry of master Yiddish and Polish writer Mordechai Gebirtig (1877-1942) at a concert at YIVO, co-presented with the American Society for Jewish Music and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
He was recently interviewed by Leah Falk.
Attend the event.
ייִדיש־נײַעס פֿון דער אַקאַדעמישער וועלט - 2טער טיילYiddish News from the Academic World - Part 2
פֿון איציק גאָטעסמאַן
At the Association of Jewish Studies meeting in Boston, December 2013, Yiddish was part of the research of other disciplines beside literature. Professors and students from the fields of anthropology, linguistics and history also spoke on the subject. Itzik Gottesman writes on the newest research in his second of a two part series.
אויף דער קאָנפֿערענץ פֿון דער „אַסאָציאַציע פֿון ייִדישע שטודיעס" אין באָסטאָן, דעצעמבער 2013, האָבן די פּראָפֿעסאָרן און גראַדויִר־סטודענטן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע אַקאַדעמישע פֿעלדער, נישט בלויז פֿון ליטעראַטור־קריטיק, אַרויסגעוויזן אַן אינטערעס צו ייִדיש און צו דער ייִדישער קולטור-געשיכטע.
אויף איין סעסיע פֿון פּויליש־ייִדישע היסטאָריקער האָט יהושע קאַרליפּ (ישיבֿה־אוניווערסיטעט) גערעדט וועגן דער שטרעבונג פֿון י. ל. פּרץ צונויפֿצוברענגען די ייִדישע און פּוילישע נאַציאָנאַליסטן אינעם ערשטן יאָרצענדלינג פֿונעם 20סטן יאָרהונדערט. דאָס איז געווען אַ שווערע עובֿדה, ווײַל אַ סך פּוילישע אינטעלעקטואַלן האָבן נישט געהאַט קיין צוטרוי צום ייִדישן נאַציאָנאַליזם, האָט פּרץ אָנגעשריבן אַ סעריע עסייען אויף דער טעמע.
From the Pages of Yedies: Yiddish in the Sierras
This short item ran in Yedies in June 1964.
New Wave Yiddish Music Star Releases Latest CD at YIVO
Rising Yiddish musician Benjy Fox-Rosen releases Two Worlds/Tsvey Veltn (Golden Horn Records), a stunning new song cycle based on the poetry of master Yiddish and Polish writer Mordechai Gebirtig (1877-1942) at a ticketed concert on January 15, 2014, at 7pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (15 West 16th ...
Sound Bites from 1964: Moses Kligsberg and Maida Feingold
In this episode of YIVO’s radio program, Moses (Moyshe) Kligsberg talks about YIVO’s Conference on Jewish Participation in Movements Devoted to the Cause of Social Progress, which took place in Carnegie Hall on September 10-13, 1964. Maida Feingold sings “Zamd un Shtern” (Sand and Stars) and “Brukh Shulman,” two songs ...
YIVO in the News/YIVO Staff Notes – December 2013
On December 21, former YIVO assistant sound archivist Jenny Romaine was honored by the Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Fund at the second annual memorial concert in honor of the late Adrienne Cooper, a former assistant director at YIVO. The writer and performer Ezra Berkley Nepon pays homage to Jenny ...
From the Pages of Yedies
In March 1951, Yedies gave this blow-by-blow account of how YIVO’s library and archives fell into the hands of the Nazis and were then rescued, in part, with the help of the U.S. Army, the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and the Library of Congress. The books and documents were brought ...
Sephardic Balkans
YIVO’s library and archives holds important books and artifacts related to Sephardic Jewish heritage.