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Excerpt A Poem: The Quantum Rabbi A poem from the recently published To Sing Away the Darkest Days: Poems Re-imagined from Yiddish Folksongs (Holland Park Press), a new poetry collection from… Norbert Hirschhorn August 28, 2013
Essay The Teacher Has Plenty to Learn Earlier this week, Melissa R. Klapper wrote about abortion and the complexity of halacha and 5 American Jewish women you’ve (probably) never heard of. She… Melissa R. Klapper July 19, 2013
Essay Michael Wex’s Indiegogo Campaign to Fund Translation of Yiddish Novel by Jackie AnzarootMichael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and well-known Yiddish scholar, is currently trying to crowd-fund his next project, a translation of… Jackie Anzaroot May 14, 2013
Interview Interview: Ben Katchor and Hand-Drying in America In today’s installment of the Visiting Scribe for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning, Eddy Portnoy sat down with Ben Katchor to discuss his newest book,… Eddy Portnoy February 21, 2013
Fiction The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga Moyshe Kulbak; Hillel Halkin, trans.; Sasha Senderovich, intro. & notes
Essay Dreaming in Mother Tongues Earlier this week, Dr. Hannah S. Pressman wrote about the idea behind Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture and when she first began to… Hannah S. Pressman February 8, 2013
Essay Yiddish and Us Earlier this week, Dr. Hannah S. Pressman wrote about when she first began to study Yiddish. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Hannah S. Pressman February 6, 2013
Nonfiction Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture Lara Rabinovitch, Goren Shiri, Hannah S. Pressman, eds.
Essay Yiddish and Me Dr. Hannah S. Pressman is the co-editor, with Lara Rabinovitch and Shiri Goren, of Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture. She is the editor of… Hannah S. Pressman February 4, 2013
Essay The Beauty of Broken English Janice Steinberg’s most recent book, The Tin Horse, is now available. She will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.I thought… Janice Steinberg January 29, 2013
Nonfiction Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business Joel Berkowitz and Barbara Henry, eds.
Nonfiction Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War Jonathan Rosenberg
Essay Speaking Backwards Earlier this week, Harry Brod wrote about a couple of sayings with which he disagrees and why he always has a valid passport. He will be blogging here all week… Harry Brod December 19, 2012
Essay A Yiddishist in Vilnius Steve Stern’s most recent book, The Book of Mischief, is now available. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I had fun in… Steve Stern September 4, 2012
