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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ruby Zuckerman and I joined The Shmooze podcast to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program:

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Reflecting on Great Jewish Books Summer Program | Yiddish Book Center

Sarah Biskowitz and Ruby Zuckerman joined The Shmooze to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program. Sarah and Ruby, alums of the program, are back at the Yiddish Book Center as RAs for this yea...

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Aug 5

It was a dream come true to work as an RA at the @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social 's Great Jewish Books high school program, which had ignited my own love for Yiddish when I participated in 2016. I met and taught incredible teens, alongside my wonderful co-RAs (pictured below)!

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The Workers Circle @workerscircle.bsky.social · Jun 3

Registration is now open for #Yiddish classes and #klezmer workshops at the Workers Circle. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, there’s something for everyone this summer. Don’t miss your chance to make this summer better with Yiddish. Register today: shorturl.at/kVg8D

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · May 31

I will be teaching a beginner Yiddish class this summer on Zoom for the Workers Circle. Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:00 PM. June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22. Please spread the word, and let me know if you have any questions!
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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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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · May 5

Yesterday, I took my students from my Boston Workers Circle and Lehrhaus beginner Yiddish classes to the @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social, where I first learned Yiddish. It was a dream come true for me as a teacher! We enjoyed a great tour of the museum and the special collections vault.

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · May 1

Happy 10th birthday to @ingeveb.bsky.social ! I have had the pleasure of publishing several pieces with In geveb since 2021. Please consider contributing to help In geveb continue to support and compensate writers and provide their excellent free content to us all!

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Tsen Yor: Celebrating In geveb's 10 Year Anniversary | In geveb (Powered by Donorbox)

Join us in celebrating In geveb’s 10 year anniversary and help us launch our second decade with a donation to this campaign in honor of four people who have played key roles in making In geveb what it...

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Apr 18

This academic year, I gave various talks on feminist Yiddish culture and literature to student groups at Mount Holyoke, MIT, and Wellesley. I also spoke twice at Brandeis, once for the Reform chavurah and once for the Yiddish class. It was a pleasure to meet so many brilliant college students!

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · Apr 15

May 23rd, Cambridge MA with @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social ♥️

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Apr 8

Last night, I taught the final class of my series of six beginner Yiddish language classes at Lehrhaus in Cambridge, MA. It was a lively, wonderful group!

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Mar 27

My interview for @lilithmagazine.bsky.social about the young, grassroots Sefardi culture club in my neighborhood :)
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Sefardi Folk Culture Grows in Cambridge

Sefardi Jewish culture boasts beautiful music, delicious food, and a fascinating language, Judeo-Spanish (also known as Ladino). Unfortunately, in the US, mainstream Jewish communities often erase …

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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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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Mar 24

So proud of @farbindungen.bsky.social and thanks, Judy, for this lovely review!

In geveb @ingeveb.bsky.social · Mar 24

Judy Goldstein on the 2025 Farbindungen "Bad Yiddish" Conference:

"Farbindungen 2025 was a celebration of Yiddish in all its messy, defiant, and ever-evolving forms ...[it] embraced the so-called “bad,” the imperfect, the overlooked, and the experimental."

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Mar 19

זאָל זי האָבן אַ ליכטיקן גן־עדן

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Mar 19

Conducted my eighteenth Wexler Oral History interview (and third entirely in Yiddish) as a field fellow for the @yiddishbookcenter.bsky.social ! Pictured here with the fabulous Leye, a former Boston Workers Circle Yiddish teacher.

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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

YouTube video by Farbindungen Yiddish Conference

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Feb 20

A shmueskrayz with the Los Angeles Yiddishists from a couple weeks ago :)

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Rachael Feldman @rachaelfeldman.bsky.social · Feb 3

My daughter is a fellow in this year's #RisingVoices cohort and has so appreciated how the program has helped her develop as a writer, an activist, and a feminist.

Know a kiddo who wants to develop their literary voice? @jwaonline.bsky.social is accepting apps through 4/1. jwa.org/risingvoices

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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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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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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · Feb 3

Everybody get in we're going to talk about trans and nonbinary people learning Yiddish

Title slide for "A Trans Linguistic Perspective on Yiddish Language Learning" by Hannah Lukow and Joshua Raclaw

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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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A streengrab of a PowerPoint cover slide discussing Yiddish and crisco

The first slide of a PowerPoint that says “I want her so bad”—writing Yiddish lesbo-erotica

Text that says “akh, my bagel baker woman”

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National Council of Jewish Women @ncjw.bsky.social · Jan 30

As Jews, we are obligated to welcome the stranger and protect the vulnerable -- and the Administrations's mass deportation efforts undermine these very values.

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Sarah Biskowitz @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social · Jan 30

Made a Yiddishist starter pack...let me know if I should add anyone :) go.bsky.app/B3QwrtA

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · Jan 29

If you would like to hear about nonbinary Yiddish and also see other people talking about the most interesting things about learning Yiddish you should come to our panel next monday, it is just happening on the internet and registration is free bit.ly/registerfarb...

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!

Bios of Hannah Lukow and Joshua Raclaw, with panel details. Long description linked in the reply.

Pictures of Hannah Lukow and Joshua Raclaw. Long description linked in the reply.

A picture of Nathan Bernstein, with a bio and panel details. Long description linked in the reply.

A picture of Emma Breslow, with a bio and panel details. Long description linked in the reply.

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