17th IAYC Conference, In Memory of Shura Vaisman

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Suggested Donation $18 USD
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The International Association of Yiddish Clubs is proud to announce the 17th edition of its beloved conference, now entirely online!
This day long gathering will feature talks, presentations, and performances by some of today’s leading scholars and artists in Yiddish culture, as well as time to gather and connect as a community.
This conference is convened in honor and memory of beloved colleague and friend Shura Vaisman z”l (http://www.vaisman.org/shura/zl/), who was an accomplished scientist and pioneering figure in the field of animated Yiddish films and early Yiddish websites. As she was a native of Chernovtsy (also known as Czernowitz or Tshernovits), many of the presentations will focus on the rich history and culture of this storied center of Yiddish letters and song.
All times are listed in Eastern Time (New York/Montreal). Each presentation time slot will feature two concurrent presentations in Rooms A and B.
Come to a single lecture or performance, or come to the whole day’s programming!
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**CONFERENCE PROGRAM**
**10:30-10:45am
CONFERENCE OPENING: Iosif Vaisman and Sebastian Schulman
**10:45-11:00am
GREETINGS FROM THE IAYC PRESIDENTS: Barbara Goldstein and Alex Weiser
**11:00 am-12:00pm
-Fieldwork on Jewish Folklore and Ethnography in Czernowitz: Maria Kaspina [E] (Room A)
-Yiddish Animation for Yiddish Edutainment | Yidishe animatsye far yidish dertsi-farvaylung: Leybl Botwinik [Y/E] (Room B)
**12:00-1:00pm
-Soviet Secret Police Files on Ukraine’s Yiddish Writers: Gennady Estraikh [E] (Room A)
-Candles of Song: Yiddish Poems about Mothers: Sheva Zucker [Y/E] (Room B)
**1:00-2:00pm
BROWN BAG LUNCH, Shmues with Kolya Borodulin & friends [Y]
**2:00-3:00pm
-Yekhiel Shraybman: A Life in Between the Lines: Sebastian Schulman [E] (Room A)
-Computer Applications for Yiddish | Kompyuter programvarg letoyves yidish: Refoyl Finkel [Y] (Room B)
**3:00-4:00pm
-Yiddish Language Activism from Czernowitz to Vilna: The Czernowitz Language Conference and its Legacy: Cecile Kuznitz [E] (Room A)
-The Repertory of a Yiddish Folksinger from Czernowitz: Itzik Gottesman [Y] (Room B)
**4:00-5:00pm
-Tsvishnkayt: Betweenness as a Defining Trait of Jewish Czernowitz: Iosif Vaisman [E] (Room A)
-The Women of Rokhl Korn’s Poetic Vision: Miriam Isaacs [E/Y] (Room B)
**5:00-6:00pm
-In eynem: Fashioning Yiddishland in the 21st Century Classroom: Asya Vaisman Schulman [E/Y] (Room A)
-The Belated Echo | Der farshpetikter ekho: Boris Sandler [Y] (Room B)
**6:00-6:15pm
Presentation of the Awards: Barbara Goldstein and Alex Weiser
**6:15-7:00pm
Shura Vaisman Yiddish Animation Retrospective: Kolya Borodulin
**7:30pm
CONCERT: Double Bill!
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer
Ilya Shneyveys with Psoy Korolenko & Eleonore Weill
**9:00pm
CONCERT: Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz
(art by Alexander Vaisman: vaisman.org)
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PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
Suggested Donation $18 USD
**Register for Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/17th-iayc-conference-in…
Come to a single lecture or performance, or come to the whole day’s programming!