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.

Check out our call for papers @ גיט אַ קוק אױף אונזער קול־קורא @ bit.ly/Farbindungen26Submission

So excited for the fifth iteration of the @farbindungen.bsky.social conference! Accepting paper proposals from graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and early career professionals!

Ruby Zuckerman and I joined The Shmooze podcast to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program: www.yiddishbookcenter.org/reflecting-g...

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...

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

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!

May 23rd, Cambridge MA with @sarahbiskowitz.bsky.social ♥️ www.portersquarebooks.com/event/justin...

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...

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...

So proud of @farbindungen.bsky.social and thanks, Judy, for this lovely review!

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...

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

#Farbindungen25 panel 1 — underworlds, shund, and disappointments.

It was such an amazing time organizing @farbindungen.bsky.social 2026 with these incredible people!

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

As Jews, we are obligated to welcome the stranger and protect the vulnerable -- and the Administrations's mass deportation efforts undermine these very values.

Made a Yiddishist starter pack...let me know if I should add anyone :) go.bsky.app/B3QwrtA

If you would like to hear about nonbinary Yiddish and also see other people talking about the most interesting things about learning Yiddish you should come to our panel next monday, it is just happening on the internet and registration is free bit.ly/registerfarb...

Nice review of the Congress for Jewish Culture's Bashevis's Demons Yiddish play in The Commentator, the independent student newspaper of Yeshiva University. yucommentator.org/2025/01/demo...

Fascinating and well-written article in Yiddish by Jake Schneider in the Forverts. Love its discussion of Ross Perlin's work. וואָס אַקטיוויסטן פֿאַר שפּראַכן אין אַ סכּנה קענען זיך אָפּלערנען איינער פֿונעם צווייטן What activists for at-risk languages can learn from each other

#Farbindungen25 Bad Yiddish is in just two weeks! Take a look at the full schedule below to learn more about this year's panels, workshops, and keynote. The conference runs February 2-3. Register here - bit.ly/registerfarbindungen25 Full-text schedule - bit.ly/Farbindungen...

@annsplaining.bsky.social 's new amazing reader for @jwaonline.bsky.social highlights Ashkenazi women's leadership in healthcare & healing, the expression of emotion, & connection with ancestry, "broaden[ing] our understanding not only of women’s religious role, but of Ashkenazi Judaism itself."

I will be teaching a six-part beginners’ Yiddish class this spring at Lehrhaus in Somerville! Participants need to already know the Hebrew/Yiddish alphabet. Mondays, 7:30-8:45 PM, March 3-April 7 Sliding scale $60-$180 for all six classes. Co-sponsored by the Boston Workers Circle.

Register for my upcoming talk at Lehrhaus in Somerville, MA: Exploring the Spiritual Lives of Yiddish-Speaking Women and Gender-Expansive People Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from 7:30pm to 8:45pm

It was an absolute pleasure teaching beginners' Yiddish at the Boston Workers Circle this fall. Thank you to all my amazing Yiddish teachers without whom I wouldn't be here. I'm looking forward to teaching more Yiddish in the spring--stay tuned!

My latest interview for @ingeveb.bsky.social :

Megan Thee Stallion is my top artist of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and now 2024.

I loved helping curate this list of Jewish feminist reads--check it out to find your next book!

My Jewish weekend in Camberville: *Shabbat dinner w/my Sephardi Culture Club *Co-sponsored Chayei Sarah kiddush w/other Sarahs *Saw A Real Pain in theaters *Hosted Yiddish immersion gathering (shrinky-dink making) with Farbreng by Yugntruf/Boston Workers Circle *Dinner at Lehrhaus w/Yiddishists