Article

Race, Sex, and the Pursuit of Americanness in Borukh Glazman’s Fiction

Mikhail Krutikov

The analysis that follows approaches race in Glazman’s fiction primarily through its psychological and metaphysical dimensions rather than its social history. Although his work reproduces prevailing racist stereotypes, especially in depictions of Black women, his deeper preoccupation is the corrosive effect of racism on the psyche of Jewish male characters.

Review

“The earth is soaked with sweetness”: A Review of Levyosn’s Dream

Ira Khonen Temple

Levyosn’s Dream is a model for what translators can do in musical community.

Texts & Translation

מיטן פּנים צו דער צוקונפֿט

Facing the Future: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund

Leivick Hodes

Translation by Madeleine Cohen

Leivick Hodes writes, in Madeleine Cohen’s translation, of the trajectory of the Bund and other political movements in 1947, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Bund and Zionism.

Blog

Nayer Dor(s?), New Vistas for Radiant Others

Dan Blacksberg

I created Radiant Others way back in 2017 to share casual, in-depth, wide-ranging conversations with musicians, dancers, scholars, actors, and poets. My dream is that our listeners get mesmerized by our Yiddish world—and inspired to invest themselves, to do the work to create a place for themselves in it. 

Interview

Mir zaynen do: A Conversation with Sarah Schulman about Yiddish in Sweden

Jacqueline Nekhe Krass and Sarah Schulman

A conversation about Schulman’s new edited anthology, Jiddisch i Sverige: mir zaynen do.

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