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Embracing the Unfamiliar and the Uncomfortable: Spotlight on Composer Lainie Fefferman
Lainie Fefferman is a Jewish American composer who grew up in Princeton New Jersey to a “very nerdy Jewish couple.”

Clarity and Awe: Spotlight on Composer Alex Weiser
Alex Weiser is a Jewish American composer who grew up in New York City.

Mysticism and Instinct: Spotlight on Composer David Hertzberg
David Hertzberg is a Jewish American composer, currently living in Los Angeles, the city in which he was raised.

Stubborn and Philosophical: Spotlight on Composer Alyssa Weinberg
Alyssa Weinberg is a Jewish American composer who grew up in Long Island, New York.

100 Essential Yiddish Books
A 1937 list recommends books that every good Yiddish library should have on its shelves.

Jewish Encounters with the Catholic Church in Lithuania: Interview with Elena Keidošiūtė
A scholar uses the history of Jewish conversions to Catholicism to shed light on ethnic identity in Lithuania before the Holocaust.

A Package of Jewish Suffering: Hebrew Classic Reimagined for Yiddish-speakers
A chronicle of Jewish persecutions in Spain translated into Yiddish.

A Life of Song: Spotlight on Composer and Singer Julie Hill
Throughout her studies and developing musical style, Julie Hill has always retained a strong tie to her background of singing and songwriting.

Caught In Between Aesthetics: Spotlight on Composer Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a composer of contemporary classical music who embraces influences as disparate as European Modernism, American Neo-Romanticism and Minimalism.