Allison Schachter
@theschach.bsky.social
Modern Jewish lit, Yiddish translation, women in the arts, author of Diasporic Modernisms and Women Writing Jewish Modernity.
It was a special joy to receive the email announcement about this from the NEH after my award was terminated .
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It was a special joy to receive the email announcement about this from the NEH after my award was terminated .
How are you moving forward given that cancellation notice? I am in a similar position and curious about next steps.
April 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How are you moving forward given that cancellation notice? I am in a similar position and curious about next steps.
She faced historical times just like our own, and she survived them as a writer and teacher, until she was finally murdered. That's it for now. The irony is not lost on me that she has been silenced in our times.
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
She faced historical times just like our own, and she survived them as a writer and teacher, until she was finally murdered. That's it for now. The irony is not lost on me that she has been silenced in our times.
She was a brilliant artist, a feminist, and modernist, who wrote stories and plays. Jordan Finkin and I had been working on piecing together her work, translating her poignant stories of poverty, madness, desire, unwanted marriage, and motherhood.
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
She was a brilliant artist, a feminist, and modernist, who wrote stories and plays. Jordan Finkin and I had been working on piecing together her work, translating her poignant stories of poverty, madness, desire, unwanted marriage, and motherhood.
These funds were dedicated to the translation and dissemination of the work of a major Yiddish writer who perished in Minsk at the hands of the Nazis. Her career spanned 1899 until her death in the Minsk ghetto sometime between 1942-1945.
April 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These funds were dedicated to the translation and dissemination of the work of a major Yiddish writer who perished in Minsk at the hands of the Nazis. Her career spanned 1899 until her death in the Minsk ghetto sometime between 1942-1945.
I have a forthcoming piece I can send! It’s out this summer.
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I have a forthcoming piece I can send! It’s out this summer.
Sounds like our work is overlapping, though I am looking at writers a decade later!
January 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sounds like our work is overlapping, though I am looking at writers a decade later!
Nice to find you here!
November 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Nice to find you here!
Totally anecdotal. She authored a major history monograph that was reviewed widely in various press outlets, but only one academic review. I wonder if its harder to get people to write them?
August 19, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Totally anecdotal. She authored a major history monograph that was reviewed widely in various press outlets, but only one academic review. I wonder if its harder to get people to write them?