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On Zoom
This summer's Yiddish
Civilization Lecture Series takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
June 25 to July 25. Featuring some of the field’s leading scholars, it
will cover topics ranging from Jewish history and the Yiddish language to
literature, music, and culture.
Tuesday lectures are
in English and Thursday lectures are in Yiddish.
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Tuesday,
June 25 | 2:00pm (ET)
LEO ROSTEN AND THE TRANSLATION OF YIDDISH JOY
On Zoom | Delivered in English
Sunny
Yudkoff examines the frequently mentioned but little read The Joys of Yiddish by
Leo Rosten to explore Rosten's vision of Yiddish joy. (In English)
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Thursday,
June 27 | 2:00pm (ET)
JEWISH RESISTANCE DURING THE POGROMS IN UKRAINE IN
1918-1921
On Zoom | Delivered in Yiddish
Elissa
Bemporad explores the different forms of Jewish resistance to the
wave of unprecedented violence that devastated the Jewish communities of
Ukraine in 1918-1921. (In
Yiddish)
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Thursday,
July 11 | 2:00pm (ET)
TESTIMONIES IN RESPONSA AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SPOKEN YIDDISH
On Zoom | Delivered in Yiddish
Moshe
Taube explores the syntax, morphology, and the lexicon of
testimonies written in "Loshn Ashkenaz" (Yiddish and German) to
learn about the the development of spoken and written Yiddish. (In Yiddish)
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Tuesday,
July 16 | 2:00pm (ET)
INSTILLING YIDDISHKAYT INTO ZIONISM
On Zoom | Delivered in English
Dina
Porat discusses WWII partisan, poet, and intellectual Abba
Kovner's attempts to preserve East European Jewish culture by creating a
new kind of community at Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh (In English)
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Thursday,
July 18 | 2:00pm (ET)
LIBES BRIV (18TH C.):
ISAAC WETZLAR’S CALL
FOR REFORM OF JEWISH SOCIETY AND EDUCATION
On Zoom | Delivered in Yiddish
Marion
Aptroot explores Isaac Wetzlar's ideas for reforming Jewish
education in Ashkenaz in the mid-18th century. (In Yiddish)
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Tuesday,
July 23 | 2:00pm (ET)
MUSICAL PRIPETSHIK:
LYRICS AND MELODIES
OF TRADITIONAL YIDDISH FOLKSONGS
On Zoom | Delivered in English
Michael
Lukin explores little-known Eastern Yiddish musical folklore,
which was an integral part of Jewish culture and evolved in meaning and
function over time. (In English)
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Thursday,
July 25 | 2:00pm (ET)
ETHNOGRAPHERS BETWEEN YIDDISH AND POLISH:
A STUDY IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
On Zoom | Delivered in Yiddish
Karolina
Szymaniak presents the roles Chaim Chajes and Daniel Fajnsztejn
played in shaping modern ethnography, and what could have become a new
field of study if not for the outbreak of World War II and the Holocaust.
(In Yiddish)
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