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Zackary Sholem Berger

Zackary Sholem Berger is a Yiddish- and English-language poet and translator living in Baltimore.

  • Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. (Alan Lankin/KlezKamp)
    Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. (Alan Lankin/KlezKamp)
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    The Bard of Czernovitz and the Bronx

    Remembering Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman (1920-2013)

    byZackary Sholem Berger
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    Haredi Women’s Lit Explodes

    The writers and editors behind the astonishing rise of Orthodox magazines and fiction

    byZackary Sholem Berger
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
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    Hasidic Writers, Plugged In

    For some ultra-Orthodox writers, the tension between obedience and skepticism in their community fuels a unique art

    byZackary Sholem Berger
  • The cover of a 1973 issue of Di Goldene Keyt.(National Yiddish Book Center)
    The cover of a 1973 issue of Di Goldene Keyt.(National Yiddish Book Center)
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    Gilded

    The literary journal Di Goldene Keyt nurtured Yiddish writers in Israel and the Diaspora—and made an author in Baltimore dream

    byZackary Sholem Berger
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    Golden Link

    The epic life of Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, who died last week at 96

    byZackary Sholem Berger
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    In the Fold

    Flipping through the world of ultra-Orthodox women’s magazines

    byZackary Sholem Berger
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