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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · May 26

An exciting event from this past weekend with Farbindungen organizing committee members @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social and @justineodashs.bsky.social !

Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · May 26

Moderated my first in-person book talk! It was a pleasure to discuss An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe with co-editors @justineodashs.bsky.social and @kchysmith.bsky.social at @portersqbooks.bsky.social in Cambridge on Friday.

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Mar 24

A wonderful report from #Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish courtesy of @ingeveb.bsky.social! Thanks to Judy Goldstein for taking the time to write this wonderful piece!

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Farbindungen 2025: Dispatches from Bad Yiddishland | In geveb

Farbindungen 2025 was a celebration of Yiddish in all its messy, defiant, and ever-evolving forms.

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Feb 27

Curious about current research in Yiddish Studies? Missing the Farbindungen experience? Take a look through our YouTube page to see the amazing talks and workshops from this year's conference!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Feb 24

It's been 2 weeks since #Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish, and we're still thinking about all of the amazing panels and talks! You can now watch the incredible keynote address, by @saulnoamz.bsky.social and Natan M. Meir, available on our YouTube channel!

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Farbindungen 2025: Keynote Panel w/ Saul Noam Zaritt and Natan M. Meir

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Feb 6

Another amazing Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference has officially concluded! A sheynem, hartsikn dank to all of the speakers, moderators, audience members, and committee members who made this such a special few days. Keep an eye out for more info on next year's conference!

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Text that reads: "337 registrants, from 26 countries, 89 academic institutions, and 31 cultural institutions."

Text that reads: "38 speakers, from 8 countries and 29 academic and cultural institutions"

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Feb 4

It was such an amazing time organizing @farbindungen.bsky.social 2026 with these incredible people!

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Alona Bach @bachwards.bsky.social · Feb 2

A "Bad Yiddish" keynote @farbindungen.bsky.social , ft. Saul Zaritt on shund and cultural porousness & Natan M. Meir on minhag and the everyday histories "hidden in plain sight". #Farbindungen25

Notes and sketches under the heading "Bad Yiddish". Featuring portraits of two men, speech bubbles, scrawled notes, a shund-y border.

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Alona Bach @bachwards.bsky.social · Feb 2

#Farbindungen25 panel 1 — underworlds, shund, and disappointments.

A sketch with notes in Yiddish letters, titled Farbindungen panel 1, with yellow and teal details, a streetscape, a hasty Freud and a mini-Bashevis.

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · Feb 2

If you aren’t at #Farbindungen2025, you’re missing the Yiddish history of Crisco, Yiddish erotic lesbian poetry, and Yiddish as a fandom 🔥
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The first slide of a PowerPoint that says “I want her so bad”—writing Yiddish lesbo-erotica

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Sean Sidky @ssidky.bsky.social · Feb 2

Day 1 of the best conference there is, the Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social is rounding out in the most *us* way possible - extremely *not* casual presentation, and readings, of Yiddish lesbian erotic poetry.

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 31

#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish kicks off this weekend! From Sunday February 2nd - Monday February 3rd come and hear some of most exciting new research in the world of Yiddish Studies! Register at the link in our bio, and we can't wait to see you all there!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Full plain-text version here - drive.google.com/file/d/1kVsk...

Plain Text Bios - Farbindungen 2025 - Bad Yiddish.pdf

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Introducing! מיר שטעלן פֿאָר!
The keynote panel of #Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish will feature Saul Noam Zaritt and Natan M. Meir, moderated by Jacqueline Krass. Register today, link in bio!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 29

Introducing! מיר שטעלן פֿאָר!
The second workshop of #Farbindungen25 is "A Glimpse of Castídish through the IWO Historical Archive." Featuring Giuliana Gotesdiner and Yazmin Kleiner. Register today, link in bio!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 28

The plain-text version of the program can be found here - drive.google.com/file/d/1kVsk...

Plain Text Bios - Farbindungen 2025 - Bad Yiddish.pdf

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 28

מיר שטעלן פֿאָר דעם ערשטן װאַרשטאַט: „אויטענטיש כּנגד לעבעדיק: אַ שמועס װעגן לינגװיסטישע אומזיכערקייטן,“ געפֿירט אויף ייִדיש. רעדן װעלן דזשייק שנײַדער, מאַגאַלי בערטראַנד, מינע־ליפֿשע װישװאַנאַט, און ליליע װײַצמאַן. דאָס פֿאַרשרײַב לינקל קענט איר געפֿינען אויף אונדזער קאָנטע!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 28

מיר שטעלן פֿאָר!
The first workshop of #Farbindungen25 is "Authenticity vs. Vitality: A Discussion of Linguistic Insecurities in
Post-Postvernacular Yiddish Spaces," conducted in Yiddish. Featuring Jake Schneider, Magali Bertrand, Meena-Lifshe Viswanath, and Lilye Weitzman! Link in bio to register!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 27

Full plain-text version here - drive.google.com/file/d/1kVsk...

Plain Text Bios - Farbindungen 2025 - Bad Yiddish.pdf

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 27

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 27

Introducing! מיר שטעלן פֿאָר!
The seventh panel of #Farbindungen25 is "Lern-ing Yiddish: New Pedagogical Perspectives." Featuring Hannah Lukow, Joshua Raclaw, Nathan Bernstein, and Emma Breslow, with Asya Vaisman-Schulman. Register today, link in bio!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 27

Full plain-text version here - drive.google.com/file/d/1kVsk...

Plain Text Bios - Farbindungen 2025 - Bad Yiddish.pdf

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 27

Introducing! מיר שטעלן פֿאָר!
The sixth panel of #Farbindungen25 is "Di goldene medine? Yiddish (in) America." Featuring Jason Rosenblum, Serra Bardin, and Uri Schreter, with Tal Hever-Chybowski. Register today, link in bio!

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Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 26

Correction - the keynote address on Sunday Feb 2 is from 12-1:30 ET!!

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference @farbindungen.bsky.social · Jan 26

Full plain-text version here - drive.google.com/file/d/1kVsk...

Plain Text Bios - Farbindungen 2025 - Bad Yiddish.pdf

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