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A Brief Introduction to Yiddish Literature
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Ancient Ideas, Modern Questions

This course will introduce students to some of the greatest authors of the modern Yiddish literary tradition as it developed from the late 19th century onward—and will demonstrate that everything people think they know about Yiddish-speaking culture is wrong. Beginning with works by the “Three Classic Writers” Mendele Mokher-Seforim, Sholem Aleichem, and Y.L. Peretz, we will continue [...]
Location:
165 East 56th Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York, United States 10022
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Contact Name: Kate Havard Rozansky
Email: krozansky@tikvahfund.org
Phone: (212) 796-1672

Bibliotheca Iiddica – Yidisher literaturgeshikhte
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These pages present the help of Muse in the Latin language - now also in the Greek, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Czech - fact and fiction. they sing not only of "arms and men," but also of "fullers and howlers." Bernardus Carnotensis said that "we are like dwarfs mounted on the shoulders of giants, so that we [...]
Location:
Lilienthalstr. 5, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany D-86159
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Contact Name: Prof. em. Ulrich Harsch
Email: harsch@fh-augsburg.de

Chava Rosenfarb
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Chava Rosenfarb was one of the most important Yiddish novelists and writers of the second half of the twentieth century. Her primary subject was the Holocaust; she was a survivor of the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen Belsen. She was born in Lodz, Poland in 1923. When she was a child, her father encouraged her to write about her experiences [...]
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Illinois Library
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Collection Description

The Library has about 2,000 volumes of Yiddish literature, including critical works, beginning at call number 892.49. We also have about 100 volumes beginning at call number 296.025. Many of these volumes can be browsed in the Main Stacks, but for the most complete listing use the Library Catalog.
Location:
1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Contact Name: Albert Stuart Lee
Email: mcgrath9@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-300-4611

Polona
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Archive of the Polish National Library, containing a multitude of digitized rare Yiddish books.

Polona is one of the most modern digital libraries in the world and at the same time the largest library of its kind in Poland. The National Library of Poland, Polona’s administrator, provides not only its collections but also other institutions’ digitised resources, using state-of-the-art [...]

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al. Niepodległości 213, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland 02-086
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Tevye The Dairyman – Online Course
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Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse teaches Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman. You know him from the award-winning Broadway show and movie. But long before he sang about "Tradition!" Tevye the Dairyman starred as the hero of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem's most important stories. In Tikvah's newest online course, master teacher Ruth Wisse brings the tales of Tevye the Dairyman alive like never before. [...]
Location:
165 East 56th Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York, United States 10022
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Contact Name: Kate Havard Rozansky
Email: krozansky@tikvahfund.org
Phone: (212) 796-1672

Yiddish Poetry
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YiddishPoetry.org presents Yiddish poetry and translations in English Polish French and Hebrew, with one or two instances of other languages as well. The site was created by Dr Andrew Firestone, Founding Editor, 2004 – 2017, of this and of the sites devoted to Yisroel Shtern and Yossel Birstein. YiddishPoetry.org is based in Melbourne and supported by the Kadimah Library and [...]
Location:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Contact Name: Alex Dafner
Email: alexdafner@gmail.com