# Soviet Yiddish Poetry — Lecture by Dr. Mordechai Yoshkovsky > Haifa Events **Category:** lecture ## Description Soviet Yiddish Poetry Lecturer: Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky The three giants of Soviet Yiddish poetry. Flourishing and tragedy, marking the 130th anniversary of the birth of Peretz Markish, the 125th anniversary of the birth of Itzik Feffer, and the 135th anniversary of the birth of Leib Kvitko. Three poets who were executed by Stalin's regime on August 12, 1952. We will describe their creative flourishing, their sincere faith in the socialist revolution, and their tragic end, and delve into the depths of their impressive poetry. Lecturer: Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky - an expert in Yiddish language and culture. Academic director of the International Center for Yiddish Culture in Vilnius. From the lecture series: In the Palace of the Yiddish Word - In Palats fun Yidishn Vort. About the series: the series will shed light on lesser-known facts about the life and work of the celebrated classic author Sholem Aleichem, marking his 110th yahrzeit, as well as the lives and works of three important poets of Soviet Yiddish poetry who marked their jubilee anniversaries: Peretz Markish, Leib Kvitko and Itzik Feffer. We will learn the dramatic life story of Esther Singer-Kreitman, the elder sister of Isaac Bashevis and I. J. Singer, and discover her wonderful work. How do echoes of the past described in Yiddish literature surface today? What dramatic facts are revealed from the "war of languages" and from humorous Yiddish periodicals of the last century? An open subscription to the lectures can be purchased by phone: 04-8227850, or on site. **Date:** 2026-12-22, 10:30 **Venue:** Aba Hushi House, Haifa **Address:** Aba Hillel Silver St., 71 **City:** Haifa **Tickets:** https://www.haifa.muni.il/event/%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%99%d7%99%d7%93%d7%99%d7%a9-%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99%d7%99%d7%98%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%94-%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%93%d7%9b%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%a7/ **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/haifa_municipality/e32ccb8037da226cc0d1197986dca8ff.jpeg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/sovetskaya-idishskaya-poeziya-lektor-d-r-mordekhay-yoshkovskiy/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/sovetskaya-idishskaya-poeziya-lektor-d-r-mordekhay-yoshkovskiy/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/sovetskaya-idishskaya-poeziya-lektor-d-r-mordekhay-yoshkovskiy/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.