Song of the Murdered Jewish People:
Looking for the “Real” Yitzkhak Katzenelson
Poet and playwright Yitzkhak Katzenelson (1885-1944) was known chiefly for his work in Hebrew before World War II, especially in Lodz, where he helped found Ha-Bamah ha-‘Ivrit (The Hebrew Stage) Theater Company. But when he was incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto, he turned to Yiddish poetry as a way of reaching more readers. Read more…
YIVO Public Program Video and Audio Archive
Visit yivo.org/video to view or listen to many of YIVO’s public programs from 2005 to the present. Our most recent addition is The Capital of Yiddishland: YIVO and its Relationship to Vilna, a lecture with Cecile Kuznitz (Bard College). Read more…
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