Join us for the first Yiddish event of the year!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 | 7pm
י.־ל. פּרץ אין אַ צײַט פֿון רעוואָלוציע
Y. L. Peretz in a Time of Revolution
LECTURE & CONVERSATION
Michael Steinlauf, Gratz College; Edward Portnoy, Rutgers University and YIVO
This program is only in Yiddish.
די לעקציע וועט אָנצייכענען פּרצעס אידעיִשע אַנטוויקלונג בשעת ס’האָט געפֿלאַקערט די רעוואָלוציע פֿון 1905־1906 אין וואַרשע. אין יענע יאָרן האָט פּרץ אָנגעהויבן פֿאָרמולירן אַ תּשובֿה וואָס האָט אַרויסגעברענגט סײַ דעם נחת, סײַ די סכּנה פֿונעם פּרוּוו צו בויען אַ מאָדערנע ייִדישע קולטור אין גלות.ו
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