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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 | 7pmBOOK EVENT Cecile Kuznitz, Bard College; Samuel Kassow, Trinity College; Simon Rabinovitch, Boston University; Steven Zipperstein, Moderator, Stanford University and Kronhill Scholar at YIVO Special Member Reception at 5:30pm....
In January 1916, a New York Times headline proclaimed: “Rivington St. Sees War: Rival Restaurant Men Cut Prices on the Succulent Knish.” The article chronicled a time when the Lower East Side was saturated...
Save 30% off these books in honor of Shavuot. Enter the code 6SH4 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “update”. Offer expires June 6, 2014. The Five Megilloth and Jonah Introductions by H....
Please enjoy Brill’s 15 most downloaded articles from Q1 2014 in the subject area of Biblical & Religious Studies These articles are freely accessible until 31 July 2014!* (including) Murder in Judaism: A Theological PerspectiveAuthor:...
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview with Debra Winegarten, author of THERE’S JEWS IN TEXAS? and Josh Parshall, oral historian at the Institute...
In Celebration of Jewish-American Heritage Month The Hebraic Section of The African and Middle Eastern Division The Library of Congresspresents a documentary by Jay M. Lurie:with introductory remarks by Robin A. Meltzer, Associate Producer...
Rivka Galchen Is Not Your MommyThe thirtysomething characters in ‘American Innovations,’ her vital, intelligent, new collection of stories, have trouble growing up Atmospheric Disturbances, Rivka Galchen’s first book, was one of the most celebrated novelistic debuts of the...
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce the launch of the YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland, at polishjews.yivoarchives.org. The website provides access to thousands of digitized documents, manuscripts, photographs, artworks, films,...
Born Pinkhes Kahanovitsch in 1884 Ukraine, Der Nister—the nom de plume meaning “The Hidden One”—was a widely underappreciated Yiddish writer of staggering talent and ingenuity. Der Nister’s early surrealistic stories were infused with Kabbalah and inspired by...
Just months after Rebekah Roberts was born, her mother, an Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn, abandoned her Christian boyfriend and newborn baby to return to her religion. Neither Rebekah nor her father have heard from...
