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JEWISH PEOPLE are no strangers to transforming grief and anger into art. Following acclaimed works that span genres from queer horror to speculative fiction, Gold turns his attention to contemporary politics. Drawing on Jew- POETRY Power Chords and Pinteleh
ish history, punk music, and the prin- ciples of Yiddishkeit , the collection promises an urgent poetic response to the recent resurgence of fascism, antisemitism, and authoritarianism. Gold aims to provide an anthem for Jewish resilience in the 21st century. Sophia Hershfiel d
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ANTIFASCIST: A YIDDISHKEIT POETRY ROCK ALBUM Maxwell I. Gold Bad Hand Books November 3
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WHAT BEGAN AS a spontaneous duet between vocalists Chloe Shekinah Resler and Ilana Zackon (a former contri- butor to The CJN) at the 2025 KlezKanada summer music retreat in Quebec has become a cross-continent project inspired by the 1930s Yiddish swing movement. Most of the repertoire emerged from archival research Resler coduct- ed in Denver (her family there dates back four generations)
and Zackon in Montreal (where she has similarly deep roots). The band’s seven musicians (on trumpet, trombone, bass, accordion, fiddle, and percussion) are based in Montreal, Seattle, Los Angeles,
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Connecticut, and Denver — where, over the course of one week last June, they gathered to record the album and played a Yiddish event called Festo! Festo! The tunes are swingified covers of songs by artists like The Barry Sisters and Moishe Oysher, plus 1920s and ’30s compositions by the late Russian American songwriter Lipa Feingold that Resler found in the Denver archives. Jonathan Rothman
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