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Location: Beth David Synagogue
Join us for a vunderlekhn multidisciplinary afternoon celebrating the launch of the Exile Book of Yiddish Women Writers, featuring Yiddish translator and editor Frieda Forman and dramatic readings in Yiddish and English with the special participation of Yiddish expert Gloria Brumer; actress, singer and Yiddish Diva Theresa Tova; accompanied by acclaimed pianist Matt Herscowitz. This important anthology presents new translations of short stories, excerpts, and personal essays of 13 influential Yiddish women writers including Canadians Chava Rosenfarb, Rachel Korn and Ida Maze. The texts, many of them never before translated into English, focus on subjects such as family life, longing for independence, yearning for learning, creative expression, the aftermath of the Holocaust, immigration, and the conflicted entry of Jewish women into the m Presented by the Koffler Centre of the Arts together with the with the Committee for Yiddish, Friends of Yiddish, and the Toronto Workmens Circle. Additional support by ShaRna Foundation. Presented as part of the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival, June 1-9, various venues around the GTA.
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