From the Yiddish Book Center:

TALK | Secular Yidishkayt and Social Justice in the US South, with Josh Parshall Thursday, September 30th , 7pm EDT Register for this program Among the minority of Jewish immigrants who ventured to the American South in the early twentieth century, a small number dedicated themselves to radical politics and secular Yiddish culture. This talk will examine how southern members of the Arbeter Ring (and other Jewish-left groups) grappled with issues of justice in a region characterized by stark racial divides and staggering class disparities. This program is presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s Decade of Discovery: Yiddish and Social Justice, and in partnership with the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life.

From YIVO Institute for Jewish Research:

Thursday, October 7 | 1:00pm (Eastern); 10am (Pacific) SHOLEM ALEICHEM REDISCOVERED: THE NEWLY TRANSLATED MOSHKELEH GANEV Book Talk | Sholem Aleichem's Moshkeleh Ganev was a first for Yiddish literature in featuring as its hero a rowdy, uneducated horse thief. The novel is unique for its focus on the underclass and portrayal of Jews interacting with non-Jews in the Russian Pale of Settlement. Breaking norms, it centers on characters on the fringe of respectability. Originally written in 1903 and published three times in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the first half of the 20th century, the novel was for some unknown reason not included in Sholem Aleichem’s collected works. Upon encountering the forgotten novel a few years ago, the lauded Sholem Aleichem translator Curt Leviant has brought the text into the light with its first translation into English. Join Curt Leviant, in conversation with Dvora Reich, about Sholem Aleichem and this newly re-discovered novel.