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Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:51:55 +0000

The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project was co-founded by Center Director Joel Berkowitz in 2012. The DYTP is a research consortium dedicated to the application of digital humanities tools and methods to the study of Yiddish theatre and drama. It is an experiment in scholarly collaboration across dozens of fields, methodologies, and institutions. DYTP’s fifteen members include theatre researchers, historians, literary scholars, musicologists, film scholars, librarians, archivists, performers, musicians, and independent scholars who are among the leading scholars of Yiddish theatre, drama, and related fields.

Research: Joel Berkowitz webpage

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W51�� Interviews Joel Berkowitz

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:58:03 +0000

Preserving and Extending Knowledge Through the Digital Yiddish Theater Project

On October 24, 2016, W51��’s Bonnie North Interviewed Joel Berkowtz and Debra Caplan about the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project.

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Dress British Think Yiddish Interview

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:05:16 +0000

Jewish Theater: Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

On October 6, 2016, Max Sparber’s Dress British Think Yiddish blog, posted an

Visit the Research: Joel Berowitz webpage to read more about Joel’s work.

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Joel Berkowitz Interview

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:29:05 +0000

Yiddish Book Center’s is a collection of interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

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PaknTreger Interviews Berkowitz

Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:31:45 +0000

In summer 2014, PaknTreger (Magazine of the Yiddish Book Center) posted the article “Considering Yiddish Theater: Past, Present, Future” by guest editor David Mazower. In the article, Mazower interviewed Joel Berkowitz on his research into Yiddish Theatre.

David Mazower, great-grandson of Sholem Asch, is a news program editor with BBC World Service radio in London.

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