Sex work, abortion, & the rabbinical abandonment of agunes- these are just some of the subjects you find in turn of the 20th c. Yiddish drama by women. While some of these plays never even made it to the stage in their day, they remain as urgent as ever tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

April column out now! (just slightly belated...)

Hey hey! There's a dybbuk in my screen! Come talk about it with me and scholar and author of "The Yiddish Supernatural Onscreen" Rebecca Margolis! This Saturday night, for east coast, northern hemisphere folks, Sunday for Aussies. Woo! 👻

"Everyday Ashkenazi Magic Through Yiddish Texts" starting this Sunday at 3:00pm EST. ✨Four Sunday sessions. ✨In English. ✨Yiddish texts with English translations. ✨All levels welcome. Email me to register cjcrokhl at gmail dot com ✨ $100

I put my cantankerous Yiddishist hat back on for old time's sake. Now out in the פארווערטס : forward.com/forverts-in-en…

Make Shvues weird (again) tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

Spirit Possession: when it comes to Shvues/Shavuot, it's the reason for the season. Find out why you need to put some dybbuk movies on the schedule for your tikn leyl shvues New column up now! tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

About cheesecake and blintzes, staying up all night, the Book of Ruth, and most importantly: dybbuks — as always, Rokhl's Golden City's latest column is a fantastic read! #Yiddish #Shvues #Shavuot tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

Have a very dybbuk Shvues!

Still in the news. From Der sheygets, Warsaw, Oct 1930. YIVO Library

Million dollar idea for art marker manufacturers: alongside the name and/or shade number printed on the marker, print the number/name of the shade opposite that marker on the color wheel. Give me, a visually ungifted beginner, color theory I can see in my hand.

Just under the wire for Pride 2024, let's raise a glass for the Sefardic, Ladino-speaking, adult-movie mogul, out lesbian and bubbe queen of the old 42nd street, Chelly Wilson, born Rachel Serrero in Thessaloniki. New 🏳️‍🌈 column out now: tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

Wow. This column reaches the highest madreyge of all Rokhl columns. Amazing.

Join me for six(!) sessions this September yiddishbookcenter.org/educational-pr…

I hope you'll join me in September for this new six session course 🕯️🕯️ Sacred Time and Liminal Space: Ashkenazi Folk Magic at the Threshold | Yiddish Book Center yiddishbookcenter.org/educational-pr…

The world is on fire! Listen to some great new music ! tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

It's hot Yiddish-Klez music summer! tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

Hey! The Yiddish Book Center had me on their podcast to talk about my upcoming YBC folk magic class! Give a listen! 🎧 yiddishbookcenter.org/ashkenazi-folk…

"Venus is ascendant. Husbands beware!" My latest column is up now, looking at the problem of the disappearing husband and how new American Jewish institutions sought to tackle it. tabletmag.com/sections/commu…