Gender and Jewish Holidays through the Lens of Modern Jewish Literature led by Jessica Kirzane

Date: Tuesday, November 23 (Chanukah) | 7:00 PM
This class will be a cultural history of Channukah gelt, including literary texts, images, and music that will expand our understanding of this custom of giving.

Date: Tuesday, January 11 (Tu BiShvat) | 7:00 PM
In this session, we will look at a variety of poetic representations of trees in Yiddish poetry, with particular
attention to the relationship between trees and motherhood.

Date: Tuesday, March 8 (Purim) | 7:00 PM
In this session, we’ll look at a variety of representations of Queen Esther throughout modern Jewish literature and how she has been taken
to be a feminist – and antifeminist – figure.

Jessica Kirzane is the assistant instructional professor of Yiddish at the University of Chicago, and the editor-in-chief of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. She is the translator of Miriam Karpilove’s Diary of a Lonely Girl, or the Battle against Free Love (Syracuse University Press, 2020)

Jessica Kirzane is the assistant instructional professor of Yiddish at the University of Chicago, and the editor-in-chief of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. She is the translator of Miriam Karpilove’s Diary of a Lonely Girl, or the Battle against Free Love (Syracuse University Press, 2020)