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July 18: DI TSUKUNFT: A Yiddish Book Presentation about Time
with Shiri Shapira, in conversation with Jake Schneider A mixture of readings in Yiddish and discussion in English “The future? I rolled my eyes. Who said anything about a future? The future is over already.” SHIRI SHAPIRA’s ambitious debut collection of short stories, autofiction, and memoir, titled DI TSUKUNFT (The Future, H. Leivik-Farlag, 2026) contrasts …
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June 9—14: Yiddish Culture Festival SHTETL BERLIN
Berlin’s legendary Yiddish Culture Festival SHTETL BERLIN starts on Tuesday! Give a look at the schedule and order your tickets. And see you next week!
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May 12: Poets reading poets
The “Poets Read Poets” workshop series on Yiddish modernist poetry continues on May 12th with a session dedicated to one of the most celebrated — and arguably most sexually charged — Yiddish poets, Celia Dropkin. Though she published only one book of poetry, alongside several short stories and a serialized novel, Dropkin’s striking imagery and …
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