How many Yiddish speakers are there in the world? In what ways does this language reflect the identity of Russian-speaking Jewry? What common ground exists between Yiddish and Russian classical literature? What characterized the Yiddish-language "proletarian" literature of the Soviet era? Our guest is Dr. Velvl Chernin—Director of Publishing Projects at the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies, poet, ethnographer, translator, literary scholar, and lecturer in Yiddish language and culture.
Cover photo sources: EAO Newspaper, Obzor Newspaper, Virtual Exhibitions
