In geveb

11 Sept

Gut yontif! September is a moment of transition and new beginnings. Here at In geveb we welcome the start of the Jewish year and the commencement of our new publishing year–set to begin as the High Holidays conclude. donorbox.org/5787-rosh-ha...

New Review from Faith Jones: “The Collected Works of Esther Kreitman” edited by Anita Norich 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/col...

🦚 Calling all teachers, organizers, students, participants, and volunteers with experience attending at least one Yiddish summer program of any kind: We’ve created a new survey to learn about how Yiddish summer programs are handling politics. 🦚 ingeveb.org/pedagogy/sum...

New Review from Sean Martin: “Modern and Radical: Politics, Culture, and Socialization of Jewish Youth in Interwar Poland” by Kamil Kijek. Translated by Jarosław Garliński 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/mod...

NEW: “Yiddish-Hebrew Dialectic in @booksonshirionbuses Short Stories”: A Bilingual Review by Zachary Sholem Berger 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/shi...

New from the blog: “Sharing Words: Some Personal Snapshots of Judeo-Balkan Linguistic Links” 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/snapsho...

NEW: “Uselessness as its own Purpose”: A Review of Glozperl (Glass Beads) by Katerina Kuznetzova 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/glo...

Read the In geveb editor's interview with Renata Singer, the Interim Chair of Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library in Melbourne, Australia. Kadimah is hosting YidLid, the inaugural global Yiddish song competition 🦚https://ingeveb.org/blog/kadimah-wants-your-songs

New from the blog: “Briv funem arkhiv: Finding Yiddish Panamá, Looking for Yiddish France”: Read more about Nick Underwood’s research on Unzer vort (Our Word) published in Panamá in 1945 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/finding...

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We’re back from our summer break and we hope you had a sweet new year 🍏🍯 Read Editor-in-Chief Jessica Kirzane's welcome back message at the link in our bio!

The generosity of our readers–regardless of donation size– keeps In geveb free for students, contingent faculty, and any Yiddish-curious person who connects to the world of Yiddish language and culture through our work. Your gift allows us to compensate the people who make In geveb happen 🦚

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11 Sept

Thank you again for your support, your contribution, and--most of all--for reading. We are so excited to make 5787 another year of incredible Yiddish scholarship! donorbox.org/5787-rosh-ha...

Our work has always been 1) online-only and 2) free for all without a subscription (and without the institutional barriers that limit access to most scholarly journals). This means the support of readers like you remains critical, and your potential gift has immediate effect.

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5 Sept

We're hiring a Communications Associate! Read more here: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo... Apply by September 25th!

5 Sept

We're hiring a Communications Associate! Read more here: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo... Apply by September 25th!

ingeveb.orgCall for Applications: In geveb is seeking a Peer Review Editorial Associate | In gevebThis position is for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the possibility of renewal.

21 Aug

deadline: TONIGHT!

In geveb@ingeveb.bsky.social

We're hiring! 🦚 In geveb is seeking to hire a new member of our editorial team who will take an active role in the collaborative work of the journal. The new position will average between 5-7 hours a week, depending on the availability and interest of the applicant.

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ingeveb.orgCall for Applications: In geveb is seeking a Peer Review Editorial Associate | In gevebThis position is for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the possibility of renewal.

27 July

ingeveb.orgCall for Applications: In geveb is seeking a Peer Review Editorial Associate | In gevebThis position is for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the possibility of renewal.

27 July

ingeveb.orgCall for Applications: In geveb is seeking a Peer Review Editorial Associate | In gevebThis position is for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the possibility of renewal.

27 July

This position is for the 2026-2027 academic year, with the possibility of renewal. The compensation for this position is a stipend of $2000. Read more here: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...

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6 July

LAST CHANCE FOR TSEN YOR STICKERS! 🦚 We've closed up shop for the summer and are excited to see you back in the fall. If you donate any amount to our last fundraiser of the anniversary year, we'll send you one of our remaining limited-run stickers! donorbox.org/in-geveb-end...

thank you to everyone who has donated to ensure we have a strong foundation for the next ten years--or, we hope, the next 💯

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Miriam Udel

@miriamudel.bsky.social

3 July

If you believe true American patriotism involves peaceful protest, moral courage, robust dissent, workers’ rights and canine hijinks, do something patriotic this holiday weekend and PREORDER LABZIK! @sunypress.bsky.social @rcolesworthy.bsky.social @shteyngart.bsky.social @miriamanzovin.bsky.social

ingeveb.orgWe’re on Summer Break | In gevebIn geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

26 June

We are officially on our summer break 🦚 Read Editor-in-Chief Jessica Kirzane's reflection--and see you in the fall! ingeveb.org/blog/were-on...

ingeveb.orgReader Favorites 2025-2026 | In gevebTo close out our 10th year of publication, In geveb presents our readers' top 10 stories of the year.

26 June

our reader favorites for our publishing year, now that it has concluded. see if yours made the list! 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/reader-...

ingeveb.orgRace, Sex, and the Pursuit of Americanness in Borukh Glazman’s Fiction | In gevebThe analysis that follows approaches race in Glazman’s fiction primarily through its psychological and metaphysical dimensions rather than its social history. A

26 June

New from Mikhail Krutikov: "Race, Sex, and the Pursuit of Americanness in Borukh Glazman’s Fiction" ingeveb.org/articles/bor...

ingeveb.org“The earth is soaked with sweetness”: A Review of Levyosn’s Dream | In gevebLevyosn’s Dream is a model for what translators can do in musical community.

19 June

NEW: “The earth is soaked with sweetness”: A Review of Levyosn’s Dream by Ira Khonen Temple 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/lev...

ingeveb.orgIntroducing Yiddish Barcelona: An Interview Ahead of its First Year | In gevebThis summer, Yiddish Barcelona is in its inaugural year, which will run for a week from July 19 through July 26, 2026. In this interview, In geveb’s editorial i

12 June

Introducing Yiddish Barcelona: An Interview Ahead of its First Year. A new interview, conducted by In geveb intern Dinah Megibow-Taylor 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/introdu...

ingeveb.orgמיטן פּנים צו דער צוקונפֿט | Facing the Future: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund | In gevebLeivick Hodes writes, in Madeleine Cohen's translation, of the trajectory of the Bund and other political movements in 1947, on the fiftieth anniversary of the

11 June

מיטן פּנים צו דער צוקונפֿט Facing the Future: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund, by Leivick Hodes. Translation by Madeleine Cohen

ingeveb.orgפּויליש ייִדיש איז דאָס בעסטע ייִדיש / Polish Yiddish is the best Yiddish | In gevebPolish Yiddish is the Yiddish of today and the Yiddish of tomorrow.

10 June

new in pedagogy: פּויליש ייִדיש איז דאָס בעסטע ייִדיש / Polish Yiddish is the best Yiddish writing from Alec (Leyzer) Burko 🦚 ingeveb.org/pedagogy/pol...

jewishpubliclibrary.orgJacob Isaac Segal Awards | Jewish Public LibraryJacob Isaac Segal Awards | Jewish Public Library

We are pleased to share the call for submissions for the Dr. Hirsh and Dvora Rosenfeld award for Yiddish literature, organized by the Jewish Public Library of Montréal.

The submission must be an original work written AND published in Yiddish. The author may reside anywhere. Works created/authored in part or in full by generative AI are ineligible. Books may be submitted by publishers OR authors. Books must have been published between 1/1/2024 and 12/31/25.

jewishpubliclibrary.orgJacob Isaac Segal Awards | Jewish Public LibraryJacob Isaac Segal Awards | Jewish Public Library

Books MUST be submitted in a PDF format, under the category name. If possible, an additional paper copy of the book should be submitted to the following address: The Jewish Public Library, 5151 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec H3W 1M6 www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/en/jacob-lsa...

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Sonia Gollance

@sgollance.bsky.social

ingeveb.orgNayer Dor(s?), New Vistas for Radiant Others | In gevebI created Radiant Others way back in 2017 to share casual, in-depth, wide-ranging conversations with musicians, dancers, scholars, actors, and poets. My dream i

Wonderfully conversational piece about the Radiant Others podcast by @danblacksberg.bsky.social. As you might be able to tell from this piece, Dan's a really knowledgeable, friendly host, and our conversation on Radiant Others is one of my favorite interviews I've ever done.

In geveb@ingeveb.bsky.social

NEW: @danblacksberg.bksy.social writes about Radiant Others, his klezmer music podcast. ingeveb.org/blog/radiant...

@danblacksberg.bsky.social

8 June

NEW: @danblacksberg.bksy.social writes about Radiant Others, his klezmer music podcast. ingeveb.org/blog/radiant...

In geveb reposted

Dan Blacksberg

8 June

Hey all! I had the honor of writing about the Radiant Others Podcast for the one and only online Yiddish Studies, @ingeveb.bsky.social! Wanna learn more about klezmer music and Yiddish culture (and now even more) directly from the people who shape it? Read all about it and listen to some episodes!

ingeveb.orgA Wolf Among Poets: A Review of Zlochov, My Home: Poems by Moyshe-Leyb Halpern | In gevebOne might be tempted to name the wolf, but naming is a form of domestication, and neither a Jewish (Chaim) nor a gentile (Stepan) framework for meaning-making c

3 June

A Wolf Among Poets: Daniel Kraft Reviews "Zlochov, My Home: Poems" by Moyshe-Leyb Halpern ingeveb.org/articles/a-w...

ingeveb.orgWhat Were Our Children Reading? Review of Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature by Miriam Udel | In gevebIn a word, Yiddish children’s literature, per Udel, has a long history, a series of stormy futures past, and a fraught yet fruitful and ongoing aftermath. Throu

2 June

a new interview between Jacqueline Nekhe Krass and Sarah Schulman 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/an-inte...

In geveb reposted

Miriam Udel

@miriamudel.bsky.social

1 June

Googling my book for a grant report, I was thrilled to happen upon this new review by the perceptive Caleb Sher in @ingeveb.bsky.social! @princetonupress.bsky.social ingeveb.org/articles/wha...

1 June

NEW: What Were Our Children Reading? A Review of "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature" by Miriam Udel 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/wha...

ingeveb.orgReview of Shira Gorshman’s Hanah’s Sheep and Cattle, translated by Edith Otchin McCrea | In gevebAn unflinching account of a woman who lived a passionate and committed life at a time of enormous destruction and chaos.

27 May

NEW: Review of Shira Gorshman’s Hanah’s Sheep and Cattle, translated by Edith Otchin McCrea🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/han...

ingeveb.orgפֿאָרם אין פּאָעזיע און נאַטור | Natural and Poetic Form | In gevebIn geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of…

26 May

NEW translation: פֿאָרם אין פּאָעזיע און נאַטור // Natural and Poetic Form ingeveb.org/texts-and-tr...

ingeveb.orgA Whole Life of Poems: Glikl Speaks in Sonnets | In gevebGlikl of Hameln—or Glikl bas Judah Leib, as she is also called—began to nudge at my thoughts two years ago.

21 May

"A Whole Life of Poems: Glikl Speaks in Sonnets" by Jehanne Dubrow. New on the blog 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/glikl-s...

ingeveb.orgIn geveb as a Diary | In gevebWriting for In geveb became a lifesaver for me.

19 May

NEW: "In geveb as a Diary" by Tanya Yakovleva. A late (but no less beloved) entry into our Tsen Yor Special Issue 🦚 ingeveb.org/blog/in-geve...

ingeveb.orgReview of Boom and Chains: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine by Hanan Ayalti. Translated by Adi Mahalel | In gevebThis is a welcome translation of an important Yiddish novel, Boom and Chains by Hanan Ayalti (the pen-name of Hanan Klenbart, 1910–1992), originally published i

15 May

NEW review of Hanan Ayalti's "Boom and Chains: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine" (transl. by Adi Mahalel)--by Yael Chaver 🦚 ingeveb.org/articles/boo...

ingeveb.orgYiddish Veršes: How Musical Imagination Can Become Political | In gevebYiddish Veršes, released in May 2025, is one of the most ambitious projects to bring Yiddish-language literary heritage back into contemporary Belarusian cultur

14 May

NEW review: "Yiddish Veršes: How Musical Imagination Can Become Political" by Elizaveta Kheres 🦚 "Yiddish Veršes, released in May 2025, is one of the most ambitious projects to bring Yiddish-language literary heritage back into contemporary Belarusian culture." ingeveb.org/articles/yid...