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WE DID IT! 🎉

A sheynem dank to all of you who helped us to raise $20,000 (and counting!) in honor of In geveb's tsen yor anniversary. We are so, so honored by your support and engagement in the community that makes up In geveb: readers, writers, editors, board members, and supporters.
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Happiest Anniversary to @ingeveb.bsky.social!! 10 years is amazing!
having a blast sending out our gorgeous @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social-designed Tsen Yor stickers to our campaign donors. Stay tuned for future opportunities to snag yours 🦚
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
having a blast sending out our gorgeous @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social-designed Tsen Yor stickers to our campaign donors. Stay tuned for future opportunities to snag yours 🦚
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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NEW on the blog 🦚

Briv funem arkhiv: “Fun Hitler-land”

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Briv funem arkhiv: “Fun Hitler-land” | In geveb
I not only found “Fun Hitler-land” interesting from a historical perspective—I also found it compelling as a student of Yiddish. The text tested my linguistic a
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January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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NEW: The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska, translated by Mikhl Yashinsky and reviewed by Ruby Zuckerman

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On fliterlekh, Without Sequins: A Review of The Mother of Yiddish Theatre | In geveb
Ester-Rokhl Kaminska picks blackberries better than anyone else. When she lights Shabbos candlesticks, they shine brighter than any other Shabbos candlesticks.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NEW on the blog 🦚

Briv funem arkhiv: “Fun Hitler-land”

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Briv funem arkhiv: “Fun Hitler-land” | In geveb
I not only found “Fun Hitler-land” interesting from a historical perspective—I also found it compelling as a student of Yiddish. The text tested my linguistic a
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January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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“This memoir unveils a subjectivity that oscillates between extreme self-confidence[…] and devastating loneliness, emotional isolation, and the inability to connect on an intimate level with those around her.”

Excellent review of an important new memoir translation.

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January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
NEW: The Mother of Yiddish Theatre: Memoirs of Ester-Rokhl Kaminska, translated by Mikhl Yashinsky and reviewed by Ruby Zuckerman

ingeveb.org/articles/mot...
On fliterlekh, Without Sequins: A Review of The Mother of Yiddish Theatre | In geveb
Ester-Rokhl Kaminska picks blackberries better than anyone else. When she lights Shabbos candlesticks, they shine brighter than any other Shabbos candlesticks.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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"Socialist Yiddishlands sets the stage for what could be a shift in how scholars think about the relationships among Yiddish, the Cold War, the effects (...) on Jews, the Soviet Bloc countries, and the lived realities of those who actively participated in the development of state socialism" 🥰
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
NEW: Socialist Yiddishlands: Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991, edited by Miriam Chorley-Schulz and Alexander Walther--reviewed by Nick Underwood

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Review of Socialist Yiddishlands: Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991, edited by Miriam Chorley-Schulz and Alexander Walther | In geveb
Socialist Yiddishlands sets the stage for what could be a shift in how scholars think about the relationships among Yiddish, the Cold War, the effects of the Co
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January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Please submit your proposals to [email protected] with the subject heading “Fortunoff Submission 2026.”

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Call for Proposals: In geveb/Fortunoff Archive Fellowship 2025 | In geveb
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University is collaborating with In geveb to encourage and fund scholars to work with the collecti
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January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Please submit your proposals to [email protected] with the subject heading “Fortunoff Submission 2026.”

ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
Call for Proposals: In geveb/Fortunoff Archive Fellowship 2025 | In geveb
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University is collaborating with In geveb to encourage and fund scholars to work with the collecti
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January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
We are pleased to share two open positions for Yiddish-related work:

1. 6 year postdoc position at the University of Vienna:

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scientif...

2. League for Yiddish Executive Director position: www.instagram.com/p/DSicJMrD6r...
Scientific project assistant postdoc
Scientific project assistant postdoc
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January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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First and foremost: thank you for an incredible year. While 5786 has just begun, 2025 is drawing to a rapid close, and so are our tsen yor celebrations.

We wanted to wish you a warm start to 2026, and share our ten-year anniversary fundraising campaign one last time.

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December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
First and foremost: thank you for an incredible year. While 5786 has just begun, 2025 is drawing to a rapid close, and so are our tsen yor celebrations.

We wanted to wish you a warm start to 2026, and share our ten-year anniversary fundraising campaign one last time.

donorbox.org/tsen-yor
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW: a review of Isabel Frey’s Di fliendike pave, by Adah Hetko

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Review of Isabel Frey’s Di fliendike pave | In geveb
Do not be misled by the humble brown paper packaging: Di fliendike pave is a very ambitious project. Through Di fliendike pave, Isabel Frey shows the world what
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December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are so grateful for all of our colleagues (and dear friends) who joined us on December 13th to kick off AJS and celebrate ten years with us ✨

If you couldn't join us and still want to wish us a happy birthday, you can do so here:
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December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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a thoughtful review of this challenging album
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: Review from Lawrence Rosenwald of "LIDER MIT PALESTINE לידער מיט פּאַלעסטינע: New Yiddish Songs of Grief, Fury, and Love"

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They're Here: Protest Songs for Palestine | In geveb
It would be pleasant for me, as a singer, literary critic, and Yiddishist, to review LIDER MIT PALESTINE apolitically. But that is not possible.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NEW INTERVIEW 🦚

A Brief History of Yiddish Dictionaries: Ilan Stavans in Conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath

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A Brief History of Yiddish Dictionaries: Ilan Stavans in Conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath | In geveb
Ilan Stavans and Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath talk Yiddish dictionaries, lexicography, and how the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary came to be.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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NEW blog post (and a new, associated translation!) 🦚

In a fartsaytishn Poyln / The Search for Jacob Morgenstern by Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

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December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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"It wasn’t until 2010, right after I moved to the city to begin my MFA in poetry and literary translation, that my mom (then a federal bankruptcy judge, and typically reserved in writing), sent me an email that began “Unbelievable!!!!!”! ⤵️
NEW blog post (and a new, associated translation!) 🦚

In a fartsaytishn Poyln / The Search for Jacob Morgenstern by Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

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December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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דעם שבת וועט פֿאָרקומען אַ לחיים־שעה בשעתן AJS־קאָנפֿערענץ.
Saturday: Yiddish language happy hour during this year's AJS conference.
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פֿאַרברענג:די־סי לחיים־שעה
Event in Washington D.C. by Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish and Meena-Lifshe Viswanath on Saturday, December 13 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW blog post (and a new, associated translation!) 🦚

In a fartsaytishn Poyln / The Search for Jacob Morgenstern by Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren

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December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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WE DID IT! 🎉

A sheynem dank to all of you who helped us to raise $20,000 (and counting!) in honor of In geveb's tsen yor anniversary. We are so, so honored by your support and engagement in the community that makes up In geveb: readers, writers, editors, board members, and supporters.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
WE DID IT! 🎉

A sheynem dank to all of you who helped us to raise $20,000 (and counting!) in honor of In geveb's tsen yor anniversary. We are so, so honored by your support and engagement in the community that makes up In geveb: readers, writers, editors, board members, and supporters.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM