13 February – a libebriv: A Yiddish Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading

I would want to write to someone
A love letter, a love letter…

(Celia Dropkin)
Design: Osian Evans Sharma and Michelle Bernstein

What gives the material for love letters? Tender declarations of one’s feelings, promises to be faithful until the end of the days, and gentle words of admiration. And also: desire, sexual hunger, bittersweet longing for a beloved body – and longing in general, and pain of unanswered love, jealousy, doubts, fears, – a sometimes grief for the love that is no more, and light sorrow about the past. In one word, the whole kaleidoscope of human feelings. Yiddish poets know a lot about it. 

So come to the poetry evening on February 13th to explore the nuances of love through the words of old and new Yiddish writing. 

You will hear texts by: Celia Dropkin, Uriel Weinreich, Anna Margolin, as well as contemporary Yiddish poets from Berlin.

Featuring:

Luise Fakler, Katerina Kuznetsova, Yael Merlini, Jordan Lee Schnee, Jake Schneider – and more! 

Introduction and moderation: Osian Evans Sharma and Michelle Bernstein

Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

13 February 2025. Doors open at 6 PM. Event starts at 6.30 PM.

Café Chagall
Kollwitzstraße 2
10405 Berlin (Prenzlberg)

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