Litvak Studies

Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish (in progress); recent paper on the Atlas

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The Language of Litvak Gravestones: A Dictionary (in progress)

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Origin and cultural history of the Litvaks (and the word Litvak)

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Map of the Lithuanian Holocaust

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The Jewish Communities of Prewar Lithuania

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Reading List for Litvak Studies

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Video Clips of Litvak Yiddish and Lore (YouTube)

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Videos on Facebook

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First Days of the Lithuanian Holocaust (videos of survivor testimony)

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First Days of the Latvian Holocaust (videos of survivor testimony)

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Seven Kingdoms of the Litvaks (PDF)

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Lithuanian Jewish Culture [excerpts] (PDF)

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Windows to a Lost Jewish Past: Vilna Book Stamps [excerpts] [PDF]

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Origins of Litvish as the basis for Standard Yiddish (and Ashkenazic Hebrew)

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Preface to The Sounds of Silence 

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Barnett Zumoff’s translation (into English) of a selection of Dovid Katz’s short stories; Melitta Depner’s translation (into German)

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Other work in the field of Litvak Studies