Thursday, May 21, 2026

A Brief History of the Evil Eye: Upcoming Class in June!

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Rooster in the Cradle :  A Brief History of the Evil Eye and Yiddish Anti-Demonic Technologies Thursdays, June 11, 18 & 25 at 7pm EST (o...

New Leyenkrayz (reading circle) starting June 10

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This June I'm offering a new leyenkrayz : we will read six short stories from Found Treasures over six weeks.  (Six consecutive Wednesd...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Sacred Time and Liminal Space: Ashkenazi Folk Magic at the Threshold - New Class Starts September 9, 2024

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I'm so pleased to say that the Yiddish Book Center has asked me to teach a new class this fall:  Sacred Time and Liminal Space: Ashkena...
Friday, December 8, 2023

Khanike 2023 - A Few Last Minute Listings and a New Music Video!

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It's khanike/xanike/hanukah/chanuka and we all need a little more light (and a little more joy.)  I've put together some very last ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Announcing My New Fall Course on Ashkenazi Folk Magic and Ritual

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Between Heaven and Earth: Yiddish Women's Folklore, Rituals, & Magic I'm so happy to share that this fall I'll be teaching m...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Remembering Theo Bikel and the American Folk Music Revival

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July 21 is the eighth yortsayt of Theodore Bikel, at least according to the western calendar. He passed in 2015, at the age of 91. Bikel le...
Monday, April 17, 2023

Everything Returns - Upcoming Event with Black Ox Orkestar, April 20

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I'm very happy to announce that I'll be in conversation with Montreal's Black Ox Orkestar on Thursday, April 20. Last year, the...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The Many Faces of the Dybbuk

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There’s still a few days left to put the spook in Spooktober. My latest Golden City column is up now and in this one, I look at just a fe...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish: A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye (Book Talk with Barry Trachtenberg)

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I'm happy to say that the video is now available for the book talk I did with author Barry Trachtenberg for his latest, The Holocaust ...

Who By Fire, Who By Knight of Swords

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New at Rokhl's Golden City :  Jeremiah Lockwood and the revival of traditional cantorial music ...With one holy tune, one can relay the ...