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Beginning in January 2019, the UK-based Jewish Renaissance began featuring The Yiddishists, a new series in their quarterly magazine that delves into the treasures of the YIVO Archives. The series is written by YIVO staff members.
See an extract of the April 2019 magazine, and the second article in the series, The Swimsuit Strike:
