יעד בירן: ייִדיש אין תּל־אָבֿיבֿ
Yaad Biran: Yiddish in Tel Aviv

• February 11, 2024
• On Line

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  “Yiddish Today” is a series of video programs that present artists, researchers, and cultural activists from around the world who are creating contemporary Yiddish culture.

  Watch this this conversation (in Yiddish) between Eli Benedict and Dr. Yaad Biran. Hear about Yiddish creativity and writers in Israel, especially in Tel Aviv, and about the status of Yiddish versus Hebrew historically and now. We also discuss Yiddish in Tel Aviv today, including Dr. Biran’s work as a Yiddish tour guide and creator of Yiddish cabarets.

  Dr. Yaad Biran was born in 1976. His doctorate deals with the travels of Yiddish writers to Israel. He taught Yiddish language and literature at Haifa, Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities, as well as Yivo and Beit Shalom Aleichem. He authored a book of stories in Hebrew Litskhok im Letaot (Laughing with Lizards), with Yiddish as the main motif . His series of Yiddish cabarets, Esther’s Cabaret, has been performed throughout Israel. Biran is also a creator of the Yiddish in the Streets tour project, in which he guides tours following Yiddish culture in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

  • February 11, 2024
  • On Line