ORGANIZERS:
Yechiel Szeintuch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eli Lederhendler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The conference will gather together professors, students and teachers of Yiddish language, literature and culture from all over the world, to deliberate and lecture about the state of Yiddish in the last 100 years. The conference will raise questions such as: What happened to Yiddish and its culture in the 20th century; What remained of Yiddish and its culture after the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel, and how do the language and culture exist today in Israel and abroad; How is it possible to strengthen and support what exists today for future research and teaching of Yiddish and its culture, for the benefit of Jewish studies in general?
Recording of the closing session >
SPEAKERS:
Mordechai Altshuler (The Hebrew University)
Adina Bar-El (Achva – Academic College of Education)
Hanan Bordin (The Hebrew University)
Natan Cohen (Bar-Ilan University)
Armin Eidherr (University of Salzburg)
Brakha Fischler (Academy of Hebrew Language)
Ella Florsheim (The Hebrew University)
Carrie Friedman-Cohen (The Hebrew University)
Eli Fuhrman (The Hebrew University and Yad Vashem)
Itzchak Ganuz (Editor, Yeda Am: Journal of Jewish Folklore, Tel Aviv)
Tsila Godrov (The Hebrew University)
Sophie Greis-Pollak (The Hebrew University)
David Halivni-Veis (The Hebrew University)
Menachem Keren-Kratz (Bar-Ilan University)
Dvoyre Kosman (Pelech High School, Jerusalem)
Shifra Kuperman (Basel University)
Dov Levin (The Hebrew University)
Eliezer Niborski (The Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem)
Yitskhok Niborski (Université Paris Sorbonne – Paris IV)
Rakhmiel Peltz (Drexel University, Philadelphia)
Hannah Pollin-Galay (Tel Aviv University, Beys Leyvik)
Fradle Pomerantz Freidenreich (Teacher and Senior Researcher in Jewish Education, Canada & USA)
Rachel Rojanski (University of Haifa)
Diego Rotman (The Hebrew University)
Noga Rubin (Bar-Ilan University)
Tsvi Sadan (Bar-Ilan University)
Boris Sandler (Editor, Yiddish Forward, New York)
Eliyahu Sela-Saldinger (The Hebrew University)
Elana Shohami (Tel Aviv University)
Lea Skiba (People’s University, Jerusalem)
Vladislav Sokolovsky (The Hebrew University)
Yechiel Szeintuch (The Hebrew University)
Miriam Trinh (The Hebrew University)
Yuri Vedenyapin (Harvard University)
Rafael Weiser (National and University Library, Jerusalem)
Yitschak Yudlov (National and University Library, Jerusalem)
Mordehay Yushkovsky (Ministry of Education, Israel)
Gosha Zaremba (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
