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Yiddish Culture in the Age of the Start-Up

Yiddish is often seen as dying language. But the last decade has seen a younger, secular generation of Yiddish lovers launch websites, start and reform organizations, and even found a Yiddish-speaking organic farm. Who are these new Yiddishists? What, if anything, defines Yiddish culture in the age of the start-up? This panel brings together prominent scholars and activists of New Yiddishism: Sarah Zarrow, managing editor of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies; Sandy Fox, doctoral candidate at NYU; Ross Perlin, of the Endangered Language Alliance; Dmitri Zisl Slepovich, ethnomusicologist and leader of the band Litvakus; and Eitan Kensky of the Yiddish Book Center who will moderate.











When: Sun., May. 15, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge St.
212-219-0888
Price: $13.59
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Yiddish is often seen as dying language. But the last decade has seen a younger, secular generation of Yiddish lovers launch websites, start and reform organizations, and even found a Yiddish-speaking organic farm. Who are these new Yiddishists? What, if anything, defines Yiddish culture in the age of the start-up? This panel brings together prominent scholars and activists of New Yiddishism: Sarah Zarrow, managing editor of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies; Sandy Fox, doctoral candidate at NYU; Ross Perlin, of the Endangered Language Alliance; Dmitri Zisl Slepovich, ethnomusicologist and leader of the band Litvakus; and Eitan Kensky of the Yiddish Book Center who will moderate.

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