Jana Mazurkiewicz-Meisarosh is a Ph.D. candidate in the Slavic
Department of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her dissertation
research is on Yiddish Theater in Communist Warsaw. Originally from
Poland, Jana holds a Master of Arts degree in Polish Philology and
Jewish Studies from the University of Wrocław. Jana combines her
Yiddish academic research with theater and community
activism. Professionally experienced in acting, directing, and
playwriting, she wrote the play "Hiltserne Milkhomes" (“Wooden
Wars”) in Yiddish and produced it for stage in Ann Arbor in
2013-2014. In October 2017, she moved to San Diego and launched the
Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America - YAAANA
(website: yaaana.org), which has as its goal, Jana has said, "to
make Yiddish culture hip, modern, and interesting". Jana is
interested in Yiddish both as a stage language and as a means of
exploring the current state of Polish-Jewish relationships.
From the archive Shavuos 2017: Rav Izchak Kin: thoughts on
Yiddish, the Yom-Tov Shavuos, and some Q and A.
Music
Pripetshik Singers: Shvues-lid (words and music by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman)
