zaftl ꙳ זאַפֿטל
@zaftlzussman.bsky.social
researching yiddishkeit and the yiddish language. looking to follow jewish artists and scholars 🏳️🌈🕎 she/her
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zaftl ꙳ זאַפֿטל
@zaftlzussman.bsky.social
· Nov 12
hi i'm zaftl ✨ i am researching yiddishkeit, the cultural and political atmosphere in interwar poland, and learning the yiddish language in order to write my first big girl story that i've been dreaming of writing for years. irl lesbian who makes theatre professionally 😌
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Santa Claus, the Elijah the Prophet of American Christmas
- Di Forverts, 1917
- Di Forverts, 1917
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Santa Claus, the Elijah the Prophet of American Christmas
- Di Forverts, 1917
- Di Forverts, 1917
i quit drinking coffee a few months ago bc i wasn't really enjoying it and i replaced it with caffeinated tea and it worked great for me. but when i tell you i've been drinking coffee every single day of yiddish new york lol
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i quit drinking coffee a few months ago bc i wasn't really enjoying it and i replaced it with caffeinated tea and it worked great for me. but when i tell you i've been drinking coffee every single day of yiddish new york lol
"i dont live missing" tfw academic conference all week and operating in two languages aj;fdjkad;lkal
i don't live missing in nyc but i do miss the nyc subway like a limb. imagine this: a safe, comfortable, reliable, rapid, and deeply interconnected transit system. philly could never
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"i dont live missing" tfw academic conference all week and operating in two languages aj;fdjkad;lkal
i don't live missing in nyc but i do miss the nyc subway like a limb. imagine this: a safe, comfortable, reliable, rapid, and deeply interconnected transit system. philly could never
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
i don't live missing in nyc but i do miss the nyc subway like a limb. imagine this: a safe, comfortable, reliable, rapid, and deeply interconnected transit system. philly could never
Sat down next to @joshuaraclaw.com at YNY and in yiddish told them I was going to EAT my aunt's cats instead of FEED my aunt's cats then was immediately interrupted by the instructor so I couldn't clarify 😔
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sat down next to @joshuaraclaw.com at YNY and in yiddish told them I was going to EAT my aunt's cats instead of FEED my aunt's cats then was immediately interrupted by the instructor so I couldn't clarify 😔
"whyyyy didnt you write the album *i* wanted" ass article forward.com/yiddish/7662...
Questions from a Yiddishist for the creators of the album ‘Lider mit Palestine’
אָנגעשריבן תּישעה־באָבֿ תשפ״ה, דעם 3טן אױגוסט 2025 זינט איך בין אַװעק פֿון אַמעריקע אין 2010 און האָב זיך באַזעצט אין ישׂראל איז פֿון יאָר צו יאָר געװאָרן שװערער זיך צו פֿאַרשטענדיקן מיט אַ היפּש ביסל...
forward.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"whyyyy didnt you write the album *i* wanted" ass article forward.com/yiddish/7662...
this dude had a name for showbiz
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this dude had a name for showbiz
i'm on 24 hour lockdown with this album by a local group. ukrainian/polish folk songs done as rock/metal/post-funk. bass line goes crazy on every track medukha.bandcamp.com/album/medukha
medukha, by medukha / медуха
8 track album
medukha.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
i'm on 24 hour lockdown with this album by a local group. ukrainian/polish folk songs done as rock/metal/post-funk. bass line goes crazy on every track medukha.bandcamp.com/album/medukha
recording of our performance of the dybbuk is UP!!!! the auto-generated english subtitles are word-perfect, doesn't pick up the yiddish or hebrew ofc. lmk if you watched and enjoyed :3 youtu.be/3MPOV2LqF1k?...
First Day 1 Assembly THE DYBBUK
YouTube video by Noco Productions
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
recording of our performance of the dybbuk is UP!!!! the auto-generated english subtitles are word-perfect, doesn't pick up the yiddish or hebrew ofc. lmk if you watched and enjoyed :3 youtu.be/3MPOV2LqF1k?...
i heated up my dinner in the microwave at a synogogue last night and then realized in horror upon smelling it that it had bacon and cheese in it. good thing it was a reconstructionist shul
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
i heated up my dinner in the microwave at a synogogue last night and then realized in horror upon smelling it that it had bacon and cheese in it. good thing it was a reconstructionist shul
i went to a website building workshop at an anarchist bookstore last night and it was SO FUN! i have a project in mind, sort of like a haunted house-esque website but based on the dybbuk. here's what i've built so far! hineini.neocities.org
The web site of new-website-for-random-stuff
hineini.neocities.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
i went to a website building workshop at an anarchist bookstore last night and it was SO FUN! i have a project in mind, sort of like a haunted house-esque website but based on the dybbuk. here's what i've built so far! hineini.neocities.org
איך האָב געגיבען מײַנע שיסקע חבֿרטע עפּעס דזױװע לאַקריץ זיסװאַרג...זי האָט נישט ליב כאַכאַ
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
איך האָב געגיבען מײַנע שיסקע חבֿרטע עפּעס דזױװע לאַקריץ זיסװאַרג...זי האָט נישט ליב כאַכאַ
yesterday i was watching a youtube video on our tv (so no adblocker) and it played me an ad that said "illegal aliens, this is your new home" with an image of prisoners being led in a line to an airplane. so needless to say i instantly started doing more research on installing a rasberry pi.
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
yesterday i was watching a youtube video on our tv (so no adblocker) and it played me an ad that said "illegal aliens, this is your new home" with an image of prisoners being led in a line to an airplane. so needless to say i instantly started doing more research on installing a rasberry pi.
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(real name reveal) i wrote about our production of the dybbuk, shared my dramaturgy note, and some other stuff! open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...
My fall/winter season: The Dybbuk, The Dybbuk, and...yeah, it was mostly The Dybbuk
And, like, two other things that I mention at the very bottom. But sometimes you get possessed and that's okay.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
(real name reveal) i wrote about our production of the dybbuk, shared my dramaturgy note, and some other stuff! open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...
(real name reveal) i wrote about our production of the dybbuk, shared my dramaturgy note, and some other stuff! open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...
My fall/winter season: The Dybbuk, The Dybbuk, and...yeah, it was mostly The Dybbuk
And, like, two other things that I mention at the very bottom. But sometimes you get possessed and that's okay.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
(real name reveal) i wrote about our production of the dybbuk, shared my dramaturgy note, and some other stuff! open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...
christianity and islam? we can sum it up in one explainer. but judaism.....
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
christianity and islam? we can sum it up in one explainer. but judaism.....
אַלעמען...כאַפּט אַ קוק אױף מײַן זופּ. זײַט אַזױ גוט
"טשאָנגדו" סטיל פּאָמידאָר זופּ! איך האָב געמאַכט דער לאָקשן מיט מײַן הענט. דאָס איז מײַן צװייטנט מאָל מאַכען לאָקשן, און זיי זײַנען גוט!
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
אַלעמען...כאַפּט אַ קוק אױף מײַן זופּ. זײַט אַזױ גוט
"טשאָנגדו" סטיל פּאָמידאָר זופּ! איך האָב געמאַכט דער לאָקשן מיט מײַן הענט. דאָס איז מײַן צװייטנט מאָל מאַכען לאָקשן, און זיי זײַנען גוט!
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"טשאָנגדו" סטיל פּאָמידאָר זופּ! איך האָב געמאַכט דער לאָקשן מיט מײַן הענט. דאָס איז מײַן צװייטנט מאָל מאַכען לאָקשן, און זיי זײַנען גוט!
loved this piece lithub.com/progressive-except-for-palestine-on-growing-up-in-bari-weisss-urban-shtetl/
Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”
Bari Weiss is in the news again, as part of the Trumpian takeover of legacy media. Months before Stephen Colbert was fired and became the “martyr [of] late night,” it was widely reported that Weiss…
lithub.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
oh yes this is the person i want to hear talk about this one <3 yay
one of my fav vids I've done in a while! About the surreal and vaguely evil children's book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
youtu.be/JNhuqRbahBY?...
youtu.be/JNhuqRbahBY?...
The Most Hated Children's Book
YouTube video by Big Joel
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
oh yes this is the person i want to hear talk about this one <3 yay
i'm an expert in navigating soundscapes
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i'm an expert in navigating soundscapes
Philadelphians grab your crowbars
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Philadelphians grab your crowbars
hosted my SECOND leyen-krayz last night, this time for intermediate! we started reading di ershte bageganish by bella chagall. pro-tip...skip the forward written by her husband lol
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
hosted my SECOND leyen-krayz last night, this time for intermediate! we started reading di ershte bageganish by bella chagall. pro-tip...skip the forward written by her husband lol
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photos from our production of the dybbuk, philadelphia, november '25 :) i was the costume designer and my partner was the lead puppeteer and puppet designer ❣️
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
photos from our production of the dybbuk, philadelphia, november '25 :) i was the costume designer and my partner was the lead puppeteer and puppet designer ❣️
photos from our production of the dybbuk, philadelphia, november '25 :) i was the costume designer and my partner was the lead puppeteer and puppet designer ❣️
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
photos from our production of the dybbuk, philadelphia, november '25 :) i was the costume designer and my partner was the lead puppeteer and puppet designer ❣️