Watch and listen to this historic bilingual conference
Yiddish in the Heights:
Exploring Yiddish Academia and Activism in Post-War New York
A bilingual conference marking the 15th yortsayt of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter
Held on the campuses of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary/JTS (New York), November 20-21, 2022
Day 1: Sunday, November 20 (Jewish Theological Seminary, New York)
(E = English; Y = Yiddish)
Welcoming Remarks: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Board Chair, League for Yiddish (E/Y). Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary (E). Elisheva Carlebach, Co-Director, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University (E/Y)
Part 1: Yiddish America in the Aftermath of the Holocaust (Chair: David E. Fishman)
Kalman Weiser: “Between New York and Jerusalem: Max Weinreich and Yiddish in the University” (E)
Kenneth Binyomin Moss and Zackary Sholem Berger: “Glanz-Leyeles’ Amerike un Ikh” (“Glanz-Leyeles’ America and I”) (E/Y)
Miriam Isaacs: “Der Yidish-Aktivizm in Nyu-York 1948; Di Stonehill-muzik-zamlung” (“Yiddish Activism in New York 1948; The Ben Stonehill Archive”) (Y)
Part 2: Recollections of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter (Chair: Sheva Zucker)
Dovid Braun (Y), Paul (Hershl) Glasser (Y), Itzik Gottesman (Y), Miriam Isaacs (E), Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (Y), Eugene Orenstein (Y), Sheva Zucker (Y)
Part 3: Keynote speakers (Chair: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath)
Prof. Anita Norich: “Yiddish Matters” (E)
Prof. David G. Roskies: “Shprakh-Goles un Shprakh-Banayung in der Groyser Shtot Nyu-York: Lezikorn Reb Mordkhe Shekhter” (“Linguistic Exile and its Rewards in the New York Metropolis: In Memory of Reb Mordkhe Schaechter”) (Y)
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Day 2: Monday, November 21 (Columbia University)
Part 1: Linguistics Panel (Chair: Dovid Braun)
Isaac Bleaman: “Khsidim, Yidishistn un Shprakhike Divergents in Nyu-Yorker Yidish” (“A Tale of One City, with Two Yiddishes? Hasidim, Yiddishists, and Linguistic Divergence in New York”) (Y)
Chaya Nove: “Pro-Yidish-Initsyativn in Khsidishe Kehiles in Nyu-York Nokhn Khurbm” (“Pro-Yiddish Activism in Post-war New York Hasidic Communities”) (Y)
Sonya Yampolskaya: “Contemporary Haredi Yiddish Bilingual Pedagogical Materials” (E)
Paul (Hershl) Glasser: “Mordkhe Shekhter un di ‘Fir Yidishe Normir-Shites’” (“Mordkhe Schaechter and the ‘Four Schools of Thought in Yiddish Language Planning’”) (Y)
Part 2: Pedagogy panel (Chair: Yankl-Peretz Blum)
Beatrice (Brukhe) Lang: “Lernen mit Yidish Tsvey: A Komunikativer Tsugang” (“A Communicative Approach to Teaching with Yiddish II”) (Y)
Rivke Margolis: “Lernen Durkh Film: Teorye un Praktik” (“Teaching Through Film: Theory and Practice”) (Y)
Asya Vaisman Schulman: “Di Pedagogik-Programen far Yidish-Lerers bam Yidishn Bikher-Tsenter” (“Pedagogy Programming for Yiddish Teachers at the Yiddish Book Center”) (Y)
Part 3: Archives panel (Chair: Shuli Berger)
Michelle Margolis: “Yiddish, Columbia, and Mid-20th Century Digital Humanities” (E)
Iosif Vaisman: “Building the World Wide Shtetl: First Steps of the Yiddish Internet in the Late 20th and Early 21st Century” (E)
David Kraemer and Naomi Steinberger: “Yiddish Treasures in the JTS Library” (E)
Part 4: Concert: Eléonore Biezunski (Y)
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This conference was a project of the League for Yiddish, and co-sponsored by the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies of Columbia University, Jewish Theological Seminary
Conference Committee:
David E. Fishman, Paul (Hershl) Glasser, Itzik Gottesman, Cecile E. Kuznitz, Agnieszka Legutko, Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
