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Give Alms to the Jewish King Lear: Eldercare in Yiddish Literature

25 January 2026 11:00 am
  • Venue: Online
  • Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured Modern European Studies, Featured Yiddish

Dr. Gabriella Safran explores how Jewish migrants around the turn of the 20th century used literature, plays, and songs to work through questions about caring for elderly family members they left behind

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