Sarah Biskowitz
@sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social
Yiddishist. Feminist. Jewish cultural activist & educator. She/her.
💖LIBERATE & RENEW: Yiddish Left Legacy Organizations Thriving Today! 📢Panelists: Faith Jones (Peretz), Linda Gritz (BWC), Shayle Kilroy (UJPO) | Moderator: Sarah Biskowitz 👉REGISTER: bit.ly/Oct15Panel #radyiddish #yiddishleft #jewishleft #yiddish #jewish #left #panel #discussion #online
So excited to be featured along with some friends in the fifth episode of Itst yidish, a (mostly) Yiddish-language production of Swedish public television. Stream this episode (Bald kumt shabes) and the seven other ones online for free! It's a lovely documentation of Yiddish life in New York today.
Itst yidish!: Bald Kumt Shabes | UR Play
Williamsburg i Brooklyn är ett av världens största ortodoxa judiska områden. Miriam och Tomas träffar Frida som växte upp här och följer med på en rundtur genom kvarteren. Det är fredag och när solen ...
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salute to @danblacksberg.bsky.social and his cohort featured in this article. also lol @ the subtitle "A rag-tag group of younger adults has rediscovered the West Germanic language"
West Philadelphia sees a revival in the Yiddish language and traditions
A rag-tag group of younger adults has rediscovered the West Germanic language and culture for heritage and politics.
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Read my roundup of sixty-six Yiddish culture and klezmer festivals at @ingeveb.bsky.social !
Dan Carkner@alte.klezmor.im · 8mo agosalute to @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social for researching this and writing it up😁
Farbindungen / פֿאַרבינדונגען Yiddish Studies Conference | Yiddish at Work / ייִדיש בײ דער ארבעט Sunday, February 15th and Monday, February 16th | virtual Join us as we look towards the futures of Yiddish and Yiddish Studies through showcasing the work of graduate students and early career scholars.
Beginning in the 12th century – during times of crisis like plagues, childbirth, or severe illness – Ashkenazi Jewish women measured graves and cemeteries with thread while calling on their ancestors for help. By the 20th century, "grave measuring rituals" had begun to die out.
So excited for the fifth iteration of the @farbindungen.bsky.social conference! Accepting paper proposals from graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and early career professionals!
Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference@farbindungen.bsky.social · last yr.We're thrilled to announce our theme and dates for 2026! מר פֿרײען זיך זײער צו מעלדן אונזער טעמע און דאַטעס פֿאַרן קומענדיקן יאָר!
Ruby Zuckerman and I joined The Shmooze podcast to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program: www.yiddishbookcenter.org/reflecting-g...
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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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)!
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
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! www.circle.org/.../p/beginn...
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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.
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.
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! donorbox.org/tsen-yor
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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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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!
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!
My interview for @lilithmagazine.bsky.social about the young, grassroots Sefardi culture club in my neighborhood :) lilith.org/2025/03/sefa...
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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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! ingeveb.org/blog/farbind...
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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So proud of @farbindungen.bsky.social and thanks, Judy, for this lovely review!
In geveb@ingeveb.bsky.social · 2y agoJudy 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." ingeveb.org/blog/farbind...
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.
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! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvhT...
Farbindungen 2025: Keynote Panel w/ Saul Noam Zaritt and Natan M. Meir
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A shmueskrayz with the Los Angeles Yiddishists from a couple weeks ago :)
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
Everybody get in we're going to talk about trans and nonbinary people learning Yiddish
If you aren’t at #Farbindungen2025, you’re missing the Yiddish history of Crisco, Yiddish erotic lesbian poetry, and Yiddish as a fandom 🔥 @farbindungen.bsky.social
