How Franz Kafka connected with Yiddish language and theater in Prague
Though he wrote in German, author Franz Kafka became an enthusiastic supporter of Yiddish theater in Prague. Graduate fellow Aaron Carpenter tells the story.
Though he wrote in German, author Franz Kafka became an enthusiastic supporter of Yiddish theater in Prague. Graduate fellow Aaron Carpenter tells the story.
Yitzhak Löwy, future head of a Yiddish theater company, explains how his fascination with theater developed in spite of his parents' disapproval. Circa 1917, translated from German by Aaron Carpenter.
The history of American-supported development in Mandate Palestine is an early example of the complicated relationship between American Jews and Israel, writes graduate fellow Jake Beckert.
Stroum Center faculty member and Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies Devin E. Naar retells the history of Sepharadim in the US coming to the aid of Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake of 1939.
Devin E. Naar introduces his former student and current colleague Sarah Zaides Rosen's new book ‘Tevye’s Ottoman Daughter: Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews at the End of Empire'.
Ph.D. candidate Ke Guo begins to document her world travels by sharing the first two interviews from her forthcoming series 'What is Sephardic Music?'
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