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Lecture: Lid, shir, poezye un gramen af yidish bay hayntike khsidim: leynkrayz mit diskusye / Contemporary Yiddish Hasidic Poetry, from Verse to Verse *IN YIDDISH*
Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
503 - Hebrew Union College
Do Chasidim write and publish poetry in Yiddish? The answer is yes – but. Or yes – and. Chasidic Yiddish poetry is different in form, content, style, and language (and in terms of authors and audience) than what readers of modern English-language poetry, or secular Yiddishist poetry, might be used to. But/and that might make it all the more interesting. In this session, we will read and discuss Chasidic verse, mostly on the page but also in poetry-adjacent genres like music, among others. The session will be in Yiddish, and all unfamiliar words will be happily glossed. We’ll also talk about who writes and reads such verse.
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avatar for Zackary Sholem Berger

Zackary Sholem Berger

Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet and translator who works in and among English, Yiddish, and Hebrew. His latest Y/E bilingual book of poetry, Covid: Poems, Impressions, and Testimonies from a Pandemic, came out in 2023, as did his translation of Avrom Sutzkever’s Ode to the Dove... Read More →
Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
503 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Lecture (Hybrid), In Yiddish

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