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Prof. Michael Steinlauf of Gratz College will speak on I. L. Peretz and the revolution of 1905 at YIVO in Yiddish on Thursday, 7:00 PM, February 6th. The 1905 revolution motivated the great Yiddish writer to participate in new cultural, artistic and political arenas until his death in 1915. Itzik Gottesman spoke with Dr. Steinlauf on the subject of his talk.

דאָנערשטיק, דעם 6טן פֿעברואַר 7:00 אין אָוונט, וועט ד"ר משה־שײַע שטײַנלויף, אַ פּראָפֿעסאָר פֿון געשיכטע בײַם „גרעץ־אוניווערסיטעט" אין פּענסילווייניע, רעפֿערירן בײַם ייִוואָ וועגן  „פּרץ אין אַ צײַט פֿון רעוואָלוציע". ד"ר שטײַנלויף פֿירט אָן מיט דער „חורבן־ און גענאָציד־שטודיעס־פּראָגראַם" און איז באַקאַנט פֿאַר זײַנע פֿאָרשונגען פֿון די פּוילישע ייִדן אינעם 20סטן יאָרהונדערט, און בפֿרט פֿונעם ייִדישן לעבן אין וואַרשע, סײַ מכּוח דעם פּאָליטישן, סײַ דעם קולטורעלן לעבן.

ד"ר שטײַנלויף אַליין האַט וואַרשעווער ייִחוס. זײַן משפּחה שטאַמט פֿון דור־דורות גערער חסידים אין דער שטאָט, וועלכע האָבן געהאַט אַ גרויס אײַזנוואַרג־געשעפֿט און געווען פֿון די אַנטוויקלערס פֿון ייִדישן מסחר אין וואַרשע. זייערע קבֿרים שטייען נאָך אויפֿן וואַרשעווער בית־עולם.

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