Not content to stage one opera this summer, TodiMusicFest will offer three. The lineup – grand opera, rock opera and jazz opera – may be stretching the definition of this musical genre. But this ...
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Most of us can relate to having unfinished projects. Imagine dedicating 25 years of your life to creating an all-encompassing dictionary — yet, never getting past the first letter. This is the story ...
In the hallways of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the story was told as a punchline: the great Yiddish dictionary project that took 25 years and never got beyond the first letter of ...
Opera, like sweetbreads or Jerry Lewis movies, is an acquired taste that a lot of people never acquire. There isn’t much middle ground. Opera is either felt to be one of civilization’s most ennobling ...
At the opera’s heart is Yudel Mark (1897-1975), the dictionary’s indefatigable editor, who in the piece is cast as a visionary. His foil is Max Weinreich (1894-1969), YIVO’s legendary director, a ...
New York Jewish Week — In the hallways of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the story was told as a punchline: the great Yiddish dictionary project that took 25 years and never got beyond ...