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- Continue reading Yedies fun YIVO / News from YIVO
Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish History
Kishinev’s 1903 pogrom was the first event in Russian Jewish life to receive international attention. The riot, leaving 49 dead in an obscure border town, dominated the headlines of the western press for weeks, intruded on US-Russian relations, and had an impact on an astonishing array of institutions, such as the nascent Jewish army in Palestine, and the NAACP. It most likely also influenced Continue reading Yedies fun YIVO: News from YIVO
