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0 Art Culture

Tel Aviv arts center to host event on Yiddish women’s poetry

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 9 Jan

Neve Schechter Center for Contemporary Jewish Culture in Tel Aviv is hosting a distinctive event celebrating Yiddish women's poetry, specifically focusing on the works of poet Celia Dropkin.

0 Literature Television/Film

VIDEO: Moving film about young Yiddish scholars now on YouTube

Forverts Staff in Forward · 11 Jul 2024

French director Nurith Aviv's documentary "The Secrets of Yiddish Poetry," available on YouTube, showcases the passion of seven young Yiddish scholars, both Jewish and non-Jewish, for Yiddish language and poetry from the interwar period, featuring poets like Celia Dropkin, Moyshe-Leyb Halperin, Anna Margolin, and Abraham Sutzkever.

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Rokhl Kafrissen in Tablet · 14 Feb 2020

The discussion delves into the recent developments in the world of Yiddish literature, focusing on Arun Viswanath's translation of Harry Potter into Yiddish and Troim Katz Handler's new collection of erotic poetry, "Simkhe II."

0 Literature Gender/Identity

Funny How a Poem Can Get Under Your Skin

Ruth R. Wisse in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Mar 2017

American Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin's work, including the poem "Di tsirkus dame" and "In heysn vint," reflects a personal yet provocative exploration of themes such as eroticism and female identity within Yiddish poetry circles of the 1920s.