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The online series, Document of the Month, presents some of the most interesting and revealing medieval documents from the desks of Invisible East researchers and their colleagues worldwide.

The extraordinary story of Krystyna Żywulska. Imprisoned in Auschwitz, Żywulska turned to poetry and music, creating some of the most remarkable songs of this tragic era. (27 minutes)

Dr Sonia Gollance and PhD candidate Tamara Gleason Freidberg interviewed in 'In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies'

Written during a postdoc at HJS,

This series offers open access beginner-friendly textbooks for less commonly taught languages, focusing on Indigenous, regional, minority, endangered, and ancient languages.

With lessons from past deadly invasions of Lebanon shoved aside, the US and Israel are escalating toward endless war. From Seth Anziska for Jewish Currents

Shirli Gilbert explores how German Jewish refugees’ historical experiences of antisemitism informed their engagement with South African racism before and during the early years of apartheid.

Dr Nida Vidro's contribution to the Battlefield of Books: Essays Celebrating 50 Years of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

Building “Something that lasts”:Jewish Reactions to Persistent Nazi Antisemitism in Norway, 1945–1978 by Noa Ben David analyses Jewish reactions to post-Holocaust hostility and discrimination

Translation of Tea Arciszewska's Yiddish poem

Dr Nadia Vidro is back with Cambridge University Library's Fragment of the Month for July 2024

Sonya Yampolskaya, Eli Benedikt, Izzy Posen, and Lily Kahn on the role of contemporary Ashkenazic Hebrew in Hasidic communities in English-speaking countries

Prof Michael Berkowitz reviews Deborah Dash Moore's 2023 book 'Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York'

The Radiant Others podcast aims to be the internet’s central space for important conversations in Yiddish and Klezmer music.