Announcing the 2024 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series, beginning June

June 25 – July 25 | 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.

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Tuesday lectures are in English and Thursday lectures are in Yiddish.

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JUNE LECTURES
Sunny Yudkoff Tuesday, June 25 | 2:00pm (ET)
LEO ROSTEN AND THE TRANSLATION OF YIDDISH JOY

On Zoom | Delivered in EnglishSunny 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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Elissa Bemporad Thursday, June 27 | 2:00pm (ET)
JEWISH RESISTANCE DURING THE POGROMS IN UKRAINE IN 1918-1921

On Zoom | Delivered in YiddishElissa 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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JULY LECTURES
Moshe Taube Thursday, July 11 | 2:00pm (ET)
TESTIMONIES IN RESPONSA AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPOKEN YIDDISH

On Zoom | Delivered in YiddishMoshe 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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Dina Porat Tuesday, July 16 | 2:00pm (ET)
INSTILLING YIDDISHKAYT INTO ZIONISM
On Zoom | Delivered in EnglishDina 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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Marion Aptroot 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 YiddishMarion Aptroot explores Isaac Wetzlar’s ideas for reforming Jewish education in Ashkenaz in the mid-18th century. (In Yiddish)

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Michael Lukin Tuesday, July 23 | 2:00pm (ET)
MUSICAL PRIPETSHIK:
LYRICS AND MELODIES OF TRADITIONAL YIDDISH FOLKSONGS

On Zoom | Delivered in EnglishMichael 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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Karolina Szymaniak Thursday, July 25 | 2:00pm (ET)
ETHNOGRAPHERS BETWEEN YIDDISH AND POLISH:
A STUDY IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

On Zoom | Delivered in YiddishKarolina 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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