Helix Project 2013
Our newest initiative immerses students in the beauty and complexity of Jewish cultural history and creates a richer, fuller, more inclusive view of Jewish life and history.
Read More2/2 | Birthday of Issachar Ber Ryback
Today in Yiddishkayt… February 2 Birthday of Issachar Ber Ryback, Artist Artist Issachar (Yissokher or Soukher) Ber Ryback was born on February 2, 1897 in Elisavetgrad (today Кіровоград, Ukraine). He studied at the Art Academy of Kiev and, following the revolution in 1917, was active in developing contemporary Yiddish culture in Ukraine. Moving between Berlin, Moscow, and Paris, Ryback cultivated a unique style of Russian Jewish modernism, using Jewish folk motifs — Jewish letters, icons, and artifacts as a basis for creativity. Ryback died in Paris on December 22,...
Read More1/30 | Birthday of Isaak Dunayevsky
Today in Yiddishkayt… January 30 Birthday of Isaak Dunayevsky, Composer The popular Soviet composer Isaak Dunayevsky was born January 30, 1900 in the shtetl of Lokhvitza (today Лохвиця, Ukraine) not far from the provincial capital of Poltava. He entered the Kharkov Musical Conservatory in 1910 and had a rigorous classical training, studying violin under Josef Achron (who was interested in fusing Jewish musical elements into his compositions), and took musical theory with the musicologist and composer Semyon Bogatyrev. After graduating, he worked as a violinist and conductor...
Read More2/1 | Birthday of Israel Zinberg
Today in Yiddishkayt… February 1 Birthday of Dr. Israel Zinberg, Historian Dr. Israel Zinberg, also known as Sergei Lazarevich or Yisroel “Srul” Tsinberg, was born on February 1, 1873 in a village near Lonovits, Volhyn (today Ланівці, Ukraine). He studied chemistry at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic Institute, received his doctorate at Basel University, and settled in Saint Petersburg in 1898. From 1899 to 1938, Zinberg worked as a chemist at Saint Petersburg’s Putilov (later Kirov) Steel Plant, where, from 1905, he was head of the laboratory. He published...
Read MoreLove Songs from a Neighboring Village
Our YidARTS Valentine’s Day concert: masters of traditional music Alpert and Kytasty play love songs from the landscapes of Ukraine.
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