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Clarity and Awe: Spotlight on Composer Alex Weiser
Alex Weiser is a Jewish American composer who grew up in New York City.

Mysticism and Instinct: Spotlight on Composer David Hertzberg
David Hertzberg is a Jewish American composer, currently living in Los Angeles, the city in which he was raised.

Stubborn and Philosophical: Spotlight on Composer Alyssa Weinberg
Alyssa Weinberg is a Jewish American composer who grew up in Long Island, New York.

100 Essential Yiddish Books
A 1937 list recommends books that every good Yiddish library should have on its shelves.

Jewish Encounters with the Catholic Church in Lithuania: Interview with Elena Keidošiūtė
A scholar uses the history of Jewish conversions to Catholicism to shed light on ethnic identity in Lithuania before the Holocaust.

A Package of Jewish Suffering: Hebrew Classic Reimagined for Yiddish-speakers
A chronicle of Jewish persecutions in Spain translated into Yiddish.

A Life of Song: Spotlight on Composer and Singer Julie Hill
Throughout her studies and developing musical style, Julie Hill has always retained a strong tie to her background of singing and songwriting.

Caught In Between Aesthetics: Spotlight on Composer Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a composer of contemporary classical music who embraces influences as disparate as European Modernism, American Neo-Romanticism and Minimalism.

The Blood Libel Then and Now: The Enduring Impact of an Imaginary Event
The blood libel accusation of Jews committing ritual murder has been the basis for some of the most hateful examples of organized antisemitism around the world since its fabrication in the Middle Ages. This conference will explore the impact of the blood libel over the centuries in a wide variety of geographic regions with a focus on how cultural memory was created, elaborated, and transmitted.

A Lecture by Yudel Mark on Mendele (1968)
A live recording of a lecture on Yiddish literature delivered at YIVO’s 42nd Annual Conference in 1968.