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This weekly standard class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for spring Intermediate II students.

Drawing upon a variety of materials from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and other Center for Jewish History partners, Sonia Gollance discusses the social and literary significance of the mixed-dance trope in Jewish literature and the documentary evidence for this controversial cultural practice.

Come hear Jeremy Dauber, author of the first comprehensive biography of Sholem Aleichem, talk about Aleichem's life, his work, and his legacy – and the struggle to encapsulate all of that between two hard covers.

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 ...

Today's episode was originally broadcast on March 24, 1968. Host Luba Condell is joined by Ezekiel Lifschutz for a talk about Abraham Goldfaden (considered the “father of Yiddish theater”). Condell and Lifschutz trace the origins of Yiddish theater in the purim-shpil (Purim play) and its development into full-scale theater productions. ...

At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge.

While Jews once comprised a sizable element of most East European cities, they were never the dominant culture. How did they assert their presence in the urban landscape despite their lack of political power?

What if you’re too modern and progressive to use a traditional Jewish matchmaker? You might have to go it alone. Such was the case for some Yiddish-speaking singles who had to rely on things like Salon-Flirt, the Tinder of the 1920s. Salon-Flirt was a popular card game in Europe and America ...

Join us for the premiere performance of 10 Children’s Songs of Y. L. Peretz (1921) by composer Moses Milner, performed by singer Lucy Fitz Gibbon with pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough.

Jonathan Brent presents “Rare Works and the Reclamation of the Cultural History of European Jews” to Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Cong.