Yiddish Forward (Forverts) editor Rukhl Schaechter is sprinkling in a few speaking engagements during her upcoming trip to Israel.

 

Join her for a cooking class on Friday, March 29 in Tel Aviv or on Thursday, April 4 in Jerusalem. 

 

Rukhl will also be in Jerusalem on Saturday, March 30 speaking about "The Yiddish Forward - Then and Now," and the next day she will give a lively lecture in Yiddish (with a bit of English) on "The History of Gefilte Fish and Other Ashkenazi Dishes."

 

More information here.

The Forverts is excited to co-present a tour of the exhibition "Lost & Found - A Family Photo Album" at the Yeshiva University Museum. 

 

Join Yiddish literature scholar Ruth Wisse as she leads the one-hour tour in Yiddish, sharing the remarkable story of a pre-war family album that belonged to a woman — Wisse's aunt — who was deported from the Kovno Ghetto in 1943.

 

The album’s 113 photographs, displayed together for the first time, evoke the Jewish cultural life that flourished in the urban centers of Eastern Europe between the wars.

 

More information here.

Join Forward archivist Chana Pollack at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where she’ll give a lively presentation showcasing the Forverts’ newspaper ephemera. Through archival ads and photos about music, she’ll give a glimpse into how Jewish immigrants were offered a platform for entry into the dream of America.

 

More information here.