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MILWAUKEE_<\/strong>The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project (DYTP) is pleased to announce the digital publication of volume 7 of Zalmen Zylbercweig\u2019s Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The digital publication allows users around the world, for the first time, to browse the volume from the convenience of their computers. The user-friendly interface created by Familiar Studio allows users to read the text onscreen, or to print PDF files of individual entries. The volume can be found on the Digital Yiddish Theatre Website at https:\/\/yiddishstage.org\/lexicon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zylbercweig\u00a0 (1894 \u2013 1972) compiled and published the previous six volumes between 1931 and 1969. The seventh volume was all but complete at the time of his death in 1972. The galleys to volume 7 are kept in the archives of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. A copy is housed in the Israel Goor Theatre Archives and Museum in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis digital publication of Zylbercweig\u2019s seventh volume performs the enormous role of offering for worldwide distribution the singular scholarly labor of a theatre historian who encapsulated in precise articles thousands of Yiddish dramatists, artists and theatre people, major and minor, throughout the world who participated in creating a flourishing Yiddish theatre from its beginnings to its tragic consequences\u201d said Seth Wolitz, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Texas at Austin. \u201cThis volume is an essential addition to the singlehanded Zylbercweig accomplishment!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project is a research consortium dedicated to the application of digital humanities tools and methods to the study of Yiddish theatre and drama. It was founded in 2012 by Joel Berkowitz, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature and director of the Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Debra Caplan, Assistant Professor of Theatre at Baruch College, CUNY.<\/p>\n

Berkowitz said the DYTP\u00a0is an experiment in scholarly collaboration across dozens of fields, methodologies, and institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sixteen members include theatre researchers, historians, literary scholars, musicologists, film scholars, librarians, archivists, performers, musicians, and independent scholars who are among the leading scholars of Yiddish theatre, drama, and related fields,\u201d Berkowitz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis publication is made possible by grant funding from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\u2019s Research Growth Initiative\u201d Berkowitz said. \u201cWe also want to acknowledge the collegiality of YIVO\u2019s leadership and staff, who partnered with us on this project, as well as Zalmen Zylbercweig\u2019s heirs, who granted written permission to pursue this initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DYTP was formed in recognition of the linguistic, cultural, and geographic complexity of the Yiddish theatre, and of the ability of emerging digital humanities tools and methodologies to address that complexity. Together, we hope to address the full range of Yiddish theatrical production, from its beginnings to the present day. This site\u00a0represents the first fruits of our collaboration: a place for us to share and discuss our findings with each other and with a wider public audience of those interested in learning more about the Yiddish stage.<\/p>\n

The DYTP can be followed on Facebook (www.facebook.com\/digitalyiddish<\/a>) and Twitter (@digitalyiddish).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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