Beyond the Women’s Section: Anna Margolin’s Journalism in the Yiddish Press

Max Weinreich Fellowship Lecture in American Jewish Studies The Rose and Isidore Drench Memorial Fellowship and the Dora and Mayer Tendler Endowed Fellowship in Jewish Studies Co-sponsored by Association for Jewish Studies Admission: Free

Rosa Lebensboym, better known by her pen name Anna Margolin, is often considered one of the finest American Yiddish poets. But for over 40 years, she made her living as a journalist, working for various Yiddish newspapers like the Fraye arbeter shtime, the Forverts, and the Tog. As a columnist, foreign correspondent, editor, and translator, Lebensboym’s work pushed and critiqued the boundaries of women’s writing, even while also being constrained by these same boundaries. This talk will explore Lebensboym’s life and career, and what they reveal about the roles female journalists played in the development of the American Yiddish press.  

About the Speaker

Ayelet Brinn is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently the Rose and Isidore Drench Memorial Fellow and the Dora and Mayer Tendler Fellow in American Jewish Studies at the YIVO Institute and an Association for Jewish Studies Dissertation Completion Fellow.