At NY’s YIVO, a legendary unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

2.6K views · 52 reactions | How did an opera about a Yiddish dictionary come to be? Hear from creators Alex Weiser and Ben Kaplan. Join us for the world premiere on September 18 and September 21: https://yivo.org/Great-Dictionary | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | Facebook

What should the scope of a Yiddish dictionary be? What details were Max Weinreich and Yudel Mark arguing over? Hear from creators Alex Weiser and Ben Kaplan. Join YIVO for the world premiere production of "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," a new chamber opera with music by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alex Weiser and libretto by Ben Kaplan, which tells the remarkable true story of Yiddish linguist Yudel Mark’s unfinished effort to create a comprehensive Yiddish dictionary. Register here

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