2025
13 February
a libebriv: A Yiddish Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading
A love letter featuring old and new Yiddish poetry and music
2024
28 August
Finissage (closing night) of NATO in Yiddishland exhibition
Music by Sofia Berg-Böhm, Elsa Signorile, and Zhenja Oks
25 August
Pogroms in Soviet Yiddish Poetry
Close reading workshop with Katerina Kuznetsova
21 August
Shmues un Vayn 60
Open mic of music and poetry in Yiddish
18 August
Artist talk by Yevgeniy Fiks
Including a presentation by Arndt Beck on 5 years of Yiddish.Berlin
15 August
Opening of the exhibition Yevgeniy Fiks: NATO in Yiddishland
With music by Zhenja Oks and a talk by Katerina Kuznetzova
Coverage (in Yiddish) in the Forverts
8 March
International Women’s Day: Works by Yiddish Women Poets
An evening of Yiddish poems by women, past and present, and music
Coverage (in Yiddish) in the Forverts
2023
8 October
Yortsaytlikht (Memorial Candle)
A group reading of a one-act play based on a story by Dovid Bergelson
5 October
First meeting of the workshop for contemporary Yiddish poets
16 August
Yiddish Guerilla Histories
An evening of thematic readings, guest talks by Sarah Silberstein Swartz and Zohar Weiman-Kelman, and music including new translations
11 April
Third Seder, Shmues un Vayn style
A Yiddish-speaking evening including poetry and singing
8 April
Yiddish.Berlin Reads Avrom Nokhem Stencl
A group reading and launch of a zine with new translations in German, English, and Hebrew
7 April
Opening of the exhibition Avrom Nokhem Stencl
Including a film screening and a discussion
7 March
Purim Fiesta
Yiddish dance party featuring performances and drag
2022
29 December
H.J. Psotta’s 10th Yortsayt
Slide lecture
14 December
New Yiddish Song
Concert with Sveta Kundish and Patrick Farrell
8 December
Queer Yiddish
Lecture with Jake Schneider
27 November
Yiddish and Ukraine — A View through the Translation
Talk with Katerina Kuznetsova and Iryna Zrobok
9 November
Opening of the exhibition MIR ZENEN DO!
Artwork by H.J. Psotta and Arndt Beck
2 November
The Newest Yiddish Poetry
Reading of new Yiddish poetry written and read by Katerina Kuznetzova, Jordan Lee Schnee, and Jake Schneider; launch of an accompanying zine from Propeller-Verlag
28 May
The Yiddish Encyclopedia Returns to Berlin
Book presentation with Barry Trachtenberg
21 May
Yiddish-Ukrainian Literary Connections
A group reading of poetry in Yiddish and Ukrainian including translations between the two languages
8 March
Yiddish.Berlin reads Yiddish Poetry by Women
A group reading of poetry by women along with music
Recording on YouTube
17 February
First meeting of Shmues un Vayn, Yiddish-speaking social club
2021
31 October
The Poets of Raysn
Group reading of poetry by Moyshe Kulbak and Izi Kharik
14 August
Night of the Murdered Poets
Group reading of trial transcripts and Yiddish poetry with music and performances
26 February
Megile-lider – Purim (after)party
Online
2020
16 August
Night of the Murdered Poets
27 January
Conversation with Hadas Kalderon by Lihi Nagler
26 January
Black Honey – The Life and Poetry of Avrom Sutzkever
Film screening
25 January
Ode tsu der toyb
Trilingual reading by Arndt Beck, Horst Bernhardt, and Jordan Lee Schnee
23 January
The Paper Brigade: Saving Yiddish Culture in Vilnius
Film screening
22 January
Concert with Sveta Kundish and Patrick Farrell
19 January
In Honor of Avrom Sutzkever
17 January
Opening of the exhibition di farbloyte feder | lekoved avrom sutzkever
With Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson and Arndt Beck
Photos of the exhibition here
Coverage in In Geveb (in English)
2019
2 September
Der alef-beys fun der libe: An evening of Celia Dropkin’s poetry
Poetry lecture with Anna Rozenfeld, Lothar Quinkenstein, and Jordan Lee Schnee
1 September
Concert with Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell
31 August
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: The Artist and her Legacy
Screening and lecture by Janina Wurbs
28 August
Concert with Anna Margolina & Alexey Wagner
27 August
Dos vishfingerl (The Wishing Ring)
“Slow reading” session with Irad Ben Isaak
25 August
Anshel, undzer zeyde: Bashevis Singer’s Yentl from a Trans Perspective
With Jonathan-Rafael Balling
23 August
Tsvey rotskhim, a Berlin short story by Dovid Bergelson
Staged reading with Arndt Beck, Horst Bernhardt, Jordan Lee Schnee
22 August
When West Met East: Reading Sholem Aleichem’s Story A frier pesakh
“Slow reading” session with Katerina Kuznetzova
21 August
Opening of the exhibition di farbloyte feder | berliner zeydes
With art by Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson and Arndt Beck
Music by Jordan Lee Schnee
Coverage in the Forverts (in Yiddish; German translation available here)
Interview at In Geveb (in English)
Exhibition booklet
12 August
Night of the Murdered Poets
21 February
Itsik Manger’s Death Anniversary
2018
12 August
Night of the Murdered Poets