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Culture in Quarantine: Literature
Faced with the pandemic and the necessity of social distancing this March, YIVO quickly pivoted to online learning and Live online programming in order to provide for our community—both local and global. Here’s a roundup of our recent literature-related programs.
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Ab. Cahan's Early Experiments in Yiddish Journalism: di "Sedre" and the Novella "How Rafol Naaritsokh Became a Socialist”Aired: July 13, 2020Lecture | Ellie Kellman analyzes the language and content of Di Sedre and the original version of Rafol Naaritsokh to broaden the scope of scholarly evaluation of Abraham Cahan's early contribution to the Yiddish press. Part of the 2020 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series. (Delivered in Yiddish)
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Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish ModernityAired: July 2, 2020Lecture | Miriam Udel explores how Yiddish children’s literature of the 20th century shaped and reflected key aspects of the modern Jewish experience. Part of the 2020 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.
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Dybbuks, Golems, S. An-ski, and Jewish Legends in Times of FearAired: June 3, 2020Lecture| Gabriella Safran explores the roots of S. An-ski’s play, The Dybbuk, a story of possession set in a shtetl.
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Digging Up Dead Bones: Decadence, the Gothic, and the Grotesque in the Works of H. N. Bialik and I. L. PeretzAired: June 2, 2020Lecture | Roni Masel explores the images of the ghost, the undead, and the zombie in the bilingual, Hebrew-Yiddish works of Hayim Nahman Bialik and Isaac Leib Peretz.
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Yiddish in Israel: A HistoryAired: May 27, 2020Book Talk | Rachel Rojanski, in conversation with Rachel Brenner, Shachar Pinsker, and Sunny Yudkoff, discusses her latest book, Yiddish in Israel - A History.
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Bad Rabbi – Live Podcast RecordingAired: May 19, 2020Podcast Recording | Charlie Buckholtz and Eddy Portnoy discuss Portnoy’s book, Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press for this live recording of Buckholtz's Bad Rabbi Podcast.
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Sing This at My Funeral – A Memoir of Fathers and SonsAired: May 12, 2020Book Talk | David Slucki and Eddy Portnoy discuss Slucki's new book, Sing This at My Funeral – A Memoir of Fathers and Sons.
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A Strange New World: Time in David Bergelson’s Literary WorkAired: April 23, 2020Book Talk | Harriet Murav and Justin Cammy discuss Murav's latest book, A Strange New World: Time in David Bergelson’s Literary Work.
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