Two Worlds/Tsvey Veltn: Interview with Benjy Fox-Rosen
On January 15, 2014, at 7 pm, Yiddish musician Benjy 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. Read more…
ייִדיש־נײַעס פֿון דער אַקאַדעמישער וועלט – 2טער טייל
Yiddish News from the Academic World – Part 2
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. Read more…
Video Now Available for Chana Mlotek Memorial
On December 8, 2013, YIVO held a memorial program for Chana Mlotek (1922-2013), our longtime music archivist. The program highlighted Chana’s contributions to the worlds of klezmer, Jewish and Yiddish music through word and song. The participants included Joanne Borts, Eleanor Reissa, Elmore James, Andrew Keltz, Hankus Netsky and Henry Carrey, Daniella Rabbani, Tsidii Le Loka, and members of the Mlotek family. Professor Mark Slobin and Gele Fishman also spoke. Read more…
From the Pages of Yedies: Yiddish in the Sierras
This short item ran in Yedies in June 1964. Read more…
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