Women’s Hebrew Poetry on American Shores: Poems by Anne Kleiman and Annabelle Farmelant has been launched by Wayne State University Press. The book is a bilingual edition of Kleiman and Farmelant’s work in a large range of themes, moods, and styles, translated into English for the first time by Adriana X. Jacobs and Yosefa Raz. […]
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Here is an article, published in Frnakely Speaking, the newsletter of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan about digital mapping and the ways I use it in my research and in my teaching about urban cafes and modern Jewish culture. Digital Map Article (PDF version)
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I will lead a University of Michigan course in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Spring 2016. For details, see here: https://lsa.umich.edu/cgis/programs/africa-and-the-middle-east/gcc-israel-tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-in-israeli-culture.html and here GCC.IsraelFlyer_2016 If you are interested, get in touch with me at spinsker@umich.edu, and apply on M-Compass
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My new translation of the Yiddish short story “המכתב” (“The Letter”) by Yossl Birshtein has been published. The story appears in the original Yiddish, and in Hebrew and English translation (by my colleague Alexandra Hoffman). Here is a link to the Maaboret: Short Story Project
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GCC Israel—Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israeli Culture Winter with field component during Spring/Summer Sophomores and above GPA 2.0 Dormitory, Hostel Instruction in English No language prerequisite Engage in deep exploration of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the two main urban centers of Israel, on this 3-week GCC program. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are perceived as
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My essay on Benjamin Harshav’s life and work and how he used Yiddish to build bridges has been published in “In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies” http://ingeveb.org/blog/how-to-build-bridges-to-people-benjamin-harshav-and-yiddish
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כיצד לבנות “גשרים אל בני אדם”? על בנימין הרשב ויידיש שחר פינסקר זוהי גירסה מורחבת וקצת שונה של הרשימה שלי (“מפעל הגשרים של בנימין הרשב” שהתפרסמה ב”הארץ”, במוסף “תרבות וספרות” ביום שישי, ה12 ביוני,2015 בנימין הרשב, הידוע כאחד מחוקרי הספרות החשובים ביותר שפעלו בישראל ובעולם, נולד ב-1928 בוילנה, עלה ממחנות העקורים בגרמניה שלאחר השואה אל
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I’m happy to announce that the volume that I edited is forthcoming from Wayne State University Press and will be available for purchase on Nov. 2015: Women’s Hebrew Poetry on American Shores Poems by Anne Kleiman and Annabelle Farmelant Translated by Adriana X. Jacobs and Yosefa Raz Edited by Shachar Pinsker Women’s Hebrew Poetry on
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The Foreign Mother Tongue: Living and Writing as a Palestinian in Israel Sep, 30, 2014, Speaker: Sayed Kashua, Author & Journalist Host Department: Judaic Studies, Frankel Center for Date: 09/30/2014 Time: 07:00 PM Location: Alumni Center, Founders Room, 200 Fletcher, Ann Arbor Description:Sayed Kashua is the award-winning author of three novels and the creator of the groundbreaking
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Noise and Silence in Israel/Palestine: July 18, 2014.
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