Preservation of Yiddish Culture

Preservation of Yiddish Culture and Heritage

Сохранение культуры идиша

אָפּהיטן אונדזער ייִדישע קולטור־ירושה

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Bilingual Edition of Joseph Kerler’s Poetry

Bilingual Edition of Joseph Kerler’s Poetry

Bilingual Edition of Joseph Kerler’s Poetry

May 23, 2023. The American publishing house White Goat Press, which specializes in translations from Yiddish, has published a bilingual volume of selected poems by the famous Yiddish poet Joseph Kerler (1918–2000) in both the original and in Maia Evrona’s English translation. Evrona is an English-language poet known for her translations of Yiddish poetry, including works of Abraham Sutzkever, Anna Margolin, Celia Dropkin and Malka Li published in literary magazines. Her translations in the new collection are accompanied by original poems by Joseph Kerler. The new book’s preface was written by the poet’s son, Prof. Dov-Ber Kerler, a philologist who also writes poetry in Yiddish under the pseudonym Boris Karloff.

Coming Soon: Sholem Aleichem Monument

Coming Soon: Sholem Aleichem Monument

Sholem Aleichem Monument to Be Erected in Tel Aviv

We are happy to announce that on June 6, 2023, a new monument dedicated to the great Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem will be inaugurated at Tel Aviv University near the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities. The inauguration event will take place at 3:00-3:45 PM.

The to-be erected Sholem Aleichem’s statue is a special gift of the Yiddish Heritage Preservation Foundation established and led by Dr. Mark Zilberquit who is also the founder of our website. We have already written about the plan to install this important tribute to the great Yiddish classic. Follow our news section to learn more about the monument after its installation.

Yiddish at Tel Aviv University

Yiddish at Tel Aviv University

Yiddish at Tel Aviv University

Goldrich Family Institute

Yiddish Culture: Practical Engagement

International Summer Program

Yiddish and Yiddish culture are studied at Tel Aviv University on a permanent basis during the entire academic year at the Jona Goldrich Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture, as well as at the Naomi Prawer Kadar International Yiddish Summer Program.

We are very excited to announce Tel Aviv University’s new program, Interdisciplinary Studies in Yiddish Culture and Heritage, partnered with the Yiddish Heritage Preservation Foundation (Israel). This project will be based on students’ work, guided by the university’s faculty, on various aspects of Yiddish culture, including studies of unique materials published on this website.

Starting from the next academic year (2023-2024), this research will be supported by the Rosa Lubin Scholarship program, created by Dr. Mark Zilberquit, the founder of the Yiddish Heritage Preservation Foundation and of our website. Scholarships will be awarded for archival, historical and other studies of Yiddish culture in its various aspects, including theater, music, film and visual arts. Follow the links above for more information, published on this site with the permission of Tel Aviv University.

Open Lecture on Yiddish Folk Songs

Open Lecture on Yiddish Folk Songs

Open Lecture on Yiddish Folk Songs

On May 17, 2023, the renowned Israeli musicologist Dr. Michael Lukin presented an open lecture at the campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Lukin specializes in the musical folklore of Ashkenazi Jews. The topic was “Musical taytsh: reality and fantasy in traditional Yiddish folk songs”. The Yiddish word “taysch” means an interpretation or a commentary.

Yiddish Dictionary Celebrated in Antwerp

Yiddish Dictionary Celebrated in Antwerp

Yiddish Dictionary Celebration in Antwerp

Justus van de Kamp

On May 25th, 2023, 7 PM, an event for the benefit of the online Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary is to be held in Atwerp. The dictionary is available online free of charge. Katelijne Theuwissen, the event’s organizer, informed our website that the event is supported by the Institute for Jewish Studies of the University of Antwerp. Justus van de Kamp, the compiler of the giant Yiddish-Dutch comprehensive dictionary, is going to talk about his work, which he has enthusiastically and voluntarily been doing for over 35 years. The duet Kateritongel will perform “New Klezmer Tunes” by Joachim Johow.

 

 

Kinship: New Book by Moyshe Lemster

Kinship: New Book by Moyshe Lemster

Kinship: New Book by Moyshe Lemster


May 4th, 2023.

The Beit Nelly publishing house in Tel Aviv published a new collection of poems by the Israeli Yiddish poet Moyshe Lemster translated into Russian by the Russian poet Valery Fokin. The new book is called Kinship (“Родство”).