2015 Yiddish Research Symposia

In 2015, YIVO hosted several academic symposia in conjunction with Rakhmiel Peltz (Drexel University),
funded by American Academy for Jewish Research:

Elissa Bemporad, Queens College
Pogroms during the Ukrainian Civil War, 1918-1921
November 12, 2015

Eve Jochnowitz, New York University
Vegetarianism Among Jews between the Two World Wars
June 4, 2015

Saul Zaritt, Jewish Theological Seminary
Jacob Glatstein and Translations into World Literature
February 24, 2015

Isaac Bleaman, New York University
A Qualitative Analysis of “Sabesdiker Losn”
February 17, 2015

Leyzer Burko, Jewish Theological Seminary
The Possibilities of Measuring Yiddish Language Standardization at YIVO
February 10, 2015

Edward Portnoy, Rutgers University
Charlie Hebdo, Der groyser kundes and the Use of Religious Imagery in Caricature
February 3, 2015