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UPCOMING Events

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  • Yiddish and Science Fiction
    Yiddish and Science Fiction
    Sun, Apr 28
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    Award-winning essayist, translator, and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans takes us through a journey of futuristic Yiddish.
  • ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Apr 28
    Beis Yichud
    Beis Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USA
    שמועסט אויף ייִדיש מיט ייִדישיסטן פֿון אַלע ניװאָען Chat in Yiddish with Yidishists of all levels.
  • Shadows — Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive
    Shadows — Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive
    Sun, May 19
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    Shotns / Shadows is a immersive musical program by the composer, musicologist, and performing artist D. Zisl Slepovitch, based on the testimonies given by Holocaust survivors to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.
  • Yes, you can say it in Yiddish! The making of a new English-Yiddish dictionary
    Yes, you can say it in Yiddish! The making of a new English-Yiddish dictionary
    Tue, May 21
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    Hear a lively presentation and discussion on the making of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary.
  • Fear and Desires: Two Women, Two Yiddish Authors, Two Translations
    Fear and Desires: Two Women, Two Yiddish Authors, Two Translations
    Sun, May 26
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    Chana Blankshteyn’s story collection, Fear, and Celia Dropkin’s novel, Desires—newly translated by Anita Norich—ask us to reconsider what we think about translation, Yiddish literature, and women’s writing in Yiddish.
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