Session # 2 - Sunday, November 20, 2011 • 10:15 AM
How Secular Jewish Life Created Modern Yiddish & Hebrew Literature
A one-time apprentice beggar invented two enduring literatures. Why have some accused him of being anti-semitic? Get to know the least-known classic Yiddish author and get a taste of his works.
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Mendele's Shloyme Reb Khayim's| The Little Man | The Three Classic Writers of Modern Yiddish Literature
Session # 3 - Sunday, January 22, 2012 • 10:15 AM
Looking Beyond Humor and Rooftop Fiddling — Sholem Aleichem As Chronicler
Known, mostly, as a “humorist” (as were Twain and Chekhov), he was a keen observer of vast sociological changes in Jewish life, both in Eastern Europe and the U.S. We’ll look at examples and get into a debate: Was “Fiddler” a travesty? Guest Leader: Dr. Robby A. Peckerar
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A Daughter's Grave| If I Were Rothschild
Session # 4 - Sunday, February 26, 2012 • 10:15 AM
“The Most Complete Jew of His Generation” - Yitskhok Leybish Perets
A sophisticated thinker who blended khasidic tales with socialist beliefs, while regarding both with a far-seeing, critical eye. We’ll examine a prescient essay and two ground-breaking feminist stories.
Guest Leader: Marvin Zuckerman
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Session # 5 - Sunday, March 18, 2012 • 10:15 AM
20th (and 21st?) Century Literature and Translations
Yiddish literature in the Americas, the USSR and the FSU. Recent translations: good and bad. The present and future of Yiddish…its role in the progressive Secular Jewish movement...the Hebrew/Yiddish debate… etc.
Songs of the Soviet-Yiddish Era
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