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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Idelsohn Society and the Problem of Cultural Reclamation

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The Jewish Week just published my critique of the Idelsohn Society . Won't you go read it?
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Is Willy Loman Jewish? And did Arthur Miller speak Yiddish?

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(3/15) UPDATE: Willie Loman shall indeed speak Yiddish when the New Yiddish Rep brings their new Yiddish language production of Death of a ...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Is Hipster Trolling the New Hipster Racism?

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I can't decide if this asinine post over at Hipster Jew  is worth an entry in my 'Memes of the Yiddish Atlantis' file. Is this s...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Welcome to America - H. Leivick is Back on the New York Stage

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As I mentioned before , there's a new production of H. Leivick's classic play Shmates . This new English language version is called ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Why Yiddish Matters?

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Peeps! As part of my participation in the Speakers' Lab 'Now What: The Future of New Jewish Culture' event, I've just publi...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

See you at the Yiddish theater, dahling

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Once again we're in the Yiddish theater season. No excuses, you've got to check out these shows. First up: A new production of H...
Monday, April 16, 2012

The Future of New Jewish Culture: Panelists Speak Up

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Hey Peeps! Starting Tuesday, April 17th, the people at Speakers' Lab are going to be posting statements by the panelists of the upcoming...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Now What? The Future of New Jewish Culture

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There's a great project coming from our friends at the Posen Foundation . It's called Speakers' Lab and the first Speakers'...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

These are the cupcakes of our affliction

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Something happens to me when I go shopping for food on peysakh. It's like I enter a dream where kosher for passover baby powder is a ...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Jet Setting

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Hey! You guys know how much I love Reboot / Stereophonic / Idelsohn Society , right? So, I was delighted to be a guest on Beyond the Pale ...
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