# Der Nister

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The Astonishing History (and Future) of Yiddish In Universities

Professor Kalman Weiser (York University) talks with Miri Koral (UCLA) about Yiddish reaching the university and what it means for Yiddish. This talk was co-sponsored by the Toronto UJA Committee for Yiddish, California Institute for Yiddish Language and Culture, and Der Nister, and is the third ...

Interview with Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh

Jana Mazurkiewicz is a scholar of Yiddish theater and founder of Yiddishland California in La Jolla. She joins Rabbi Zach Golden at Der Nister for an interview about her life and work in his capacity as Deputy Yiddish Editor at the Forward, for an upcoming article.

Marc Caplan, "Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism" (Indiana UP, 2021)

In Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism (Indiana UP, 2021), Marc Caplan explores the reciprocal encounter between Eastern European Jews and German culture in the days following World War I. By concentrating primarily on a small group of avant-garde Yiddish writers—Dovid Bergels ...

The Primordium

Panui's Rabbi Aubrey Glazer and Dr. Elyssa Wortzman and Der Nister's Rabbi Zach Golden speak with translator Dr. Nathan Wolski, artist Tunni Kraus, and members of the band The Bashevis Singers — Evie Gawenda, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss on the occasion of the online launch of Dr. Wolski's tr ...

Philosophy on the Parshah: Emor, Ecclesiastes and Yehuda Amichai

Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld, speaking from Der Nister, looks at how we view time, as a way to mix experiences or keep them separate, through a debate between Kohelet (Ecclesiastes and Yehuda Amichai). The debate is inspired by Parshah Emor. This video is a supplement to Rabbi Rosenfeld's parshah colu ...

Philosophy on the Parshah: Behar and Rainer Maria Rilke

Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld, speaking from Der Nister, looks at how the Shmitah year, the year of letting fields stay fallow, is related to Rilke's advice on how to be courageous in uncertainty. This video is a supplement to Rabbi Rosenfeld's parshah column, which you can find on https://www.derniste ...

Philosophy on the Parshah: Bamidbar and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld, speaking from Der Nister, breaks down the idea of Rousseau's General Will and suggests an improvement to it in the form of the Ben Ish Chai's insight on the parshah Bamidbar. This video is a supplement to Rabbi Rosenfeld's parshah column, which you can find on https://www ...

Philosophy on the Parshah: Naso and Emile Durkheim

Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld, speaking from Der Nister, connects the observations of sociologist Emile Durkheim on religion to parshah Naso. This video is a supplement to Rabbi Rosenfeld's parshah column, which you can find on https://www.dernister.org/newsletter-columns or in our newsletter.#durkheim ...

Philosophy on the Parshah: Beha'alotcha and Dante

Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld, speaking from Der Nister, weighs Dante Alighieri's dim view of lust againstthat of the Sefat Emet, in relation to parshah Beha'alotcha. This video is a supplement to Rabbi Rosenfeld's parshah column, which you can find on https://www.dernister.org/newsletter-columns or in ...

Beinfeld & Taube re Pittsburgh Massacre, Ber Kotlerman re Der Nister

******מיר טרויערן נאָך די קדושים פֿון דער פּיטסבורגער שחיטה Sholem Beinfeld: Words of Condolence on Pittsburgh Massacre Ber Kotlerman: Interview on the writer Der Nister, the subject of his forthcoming lectures in New York and Los Angeles Cantor Moyshe Taube: Interview about the Pittsburgh ...