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Join YIVO and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene for Sh. An-ski’s The Dybbuk, a drama born from the photographs, recordings, folktales, and sacred objects An-ski gathered across the Pale of Settlement between 1912 and 1914.
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#Event | Performance: A Staged Reading of The Dybbuk. In Yiddish with English supertitles | 🔗 Details: yivo.org/Staged-Reading-of-T…
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November 11, 2026, 7 pm EST | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | New York
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Mikhl Yashinsky directs a staged reading of Sh. An-ski’s The Dybbuk in the Yiddish translation An-ski made himself from his original Russian, with English supertitles – hear this masterpiece in the language that made it a cornerstone of Yiddish theater.
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Imagine Isaac Bashevis Singer as a boy, huddled over a detective story, delighting in the adventures of a fictional Jewish sleuth who conquers evil and defends the innocent, most of them Jews. Nefarious plots are foiled by the mastermind Max Spitzkopf, king of detectives, the Jewish Sherlock Holmes. The dangers he battles include pogroms, blood libels and villains who abduct maidens and force them into sex trafficking or conversion, as well as more universal crimes such as robbery, murder, forgery and smuggling. His name, Spitzkopf, means “pointy head” in Yiddish, an acknowledgment of his sharp mind.
These tales really existed. In his memoirs, Singer praised them as high art. Now, they’ve finally been collected. momentmag.com/max-spitzkopf-…
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If you enjoyed today's book talk and want to read more, get your copy of "Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes," available at the YIVO Store.
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TOMORROW: A community reading led by Mikhl Yashinsky brings to life Jonas Kreppel’s unforgettable detective Max Spitzkopf, whose daring exploits unfold in the final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the rhythms of the original Yiddish text.
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This week: interview in #Yiddish with Lea Koenig (ליאַ קעניג), one of Israel’s most beloved stage actresses, together with Yaniv Goldberg, author of The Stage of Her Life: Conversations with Actress Lea Koenig on Theater and Her Life (2025 @ASP_Boston).
Weds. May 27 at 7:30 PM EDT
Radio in Boston: WUNR 1600/AM
Stream: yv.org
Podcast to follow: podcast.yv.org
ALT Book Cover: The Stage of Her Life: Conversations with Actress Lea Koenig on Theater and Her Life Courtesy of Academic Studies Press, Newton, Massachusetts
ALT Yaniv Goldberg and Lea Koenig, in Israel via Zoom on May 6, 2026, interviewed by The Yiddish Voice יניבֿ גאָלדבערג און ליאַ קעניג, אין ישׂראל דורך זום דעם 6טן מײַ 2026, אינטערװיויִרט בײַם „ייִדישן קול“ (Photo credit: @TheYiddishVoice)
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Explore Yiddish genre fiction in this community read led by Mikhl Yashinsky, where Jonas Kreppel’s imaginative detective stories reveal a rich and entertaining cultural landscape.
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The world's greatest Yiddish detective? Meet Max Spitzkopf. Aided by his trusty assistant, Fuchs, super-sleuth Spitzkopf deploys physical bravery and intellectual ingenuity to unpick evil conspiracies, outwit the canniest of criminals, and restore moral order to the world.
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Expertly curated by Alyssa Quint and Elissa Bemporad, the Yiddish Voices series is organized to showcase first-time translations of enduring Yiddish texts—memoirs, novels, and plays—from which arise topics and themes that have powerful resonance today.
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Dig deeper with the books featured in our May programs:
Malka Owsiany Recounts: A Chronicle of Our Time By Mark Turkow, Translated by Sandra Chiritescu
Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes By Jonas Kreppel, Translated by Mikhl Yashinsky
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Mikhl Yashinsky invites readers into the fast-paced, morally charged world of Max Spitzkopf, where every passage offers insight into Jewish life and literary creativity.
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We're proud to cosponsor this community read of Jonas Kreppel's Max Spitzkopf stories. Max Spitzkopf, the Yiddish answer to Sherlock Holmes, is finding new audiences thanks to @MikhlDarling 's English translation of his adventures. xitter.gq/yivoinstitute/status/2…
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Mikhl Yashinsky leads a community read, featuring selections from the original Yiddish stories of his new translation, Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes.
what is the best of all confections and why is it joyva's peysekhdike chocolate-covered "jell rings"
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דאָס װאָס איר װעט װעלן טאָן איז צובראָטן ביידע זײַטן פֿון אײַער ביפֿסטייק אַ צען, פֿופֿצן סעקונדעס, איר הערט? איך האָב אַלעמאָל ליב אים צו שטופּן גלײַך אין שטיין אַרײַן, אַזוי, לאָז אים מער־װייניקער ליגן דאָרט סתּם, זיך אָפּרוען. מיר װייסן אַלע װי מע בראָט צו אַ ביפֿסטייק, אַיאָ?
סע װעט זײַן אַן ערך פֿופֿצן סעקונדעס דאָ פֿאַר אַ ניט־דערבראָטענעם ביפֿסטייק, פֿינעף און צװאַנציק פֿאַר מיטל ניט־דערבראָטן, פֿינעף און דרײַסיק פֿאַר מיטל געבראָטן, פֿינעף און פֿערציק פֿאַר מיטל גוט דורכגעבראָטן, און אַ גאַנצע מינוט פֿאַר גוט דורכגעבראָטן. איר הערט?
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