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In Geveb Inc
New York, NY · EIN 471096183 · Form 990EZ · FY2024 · NTEE A23 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Micro (<$100K) · ingeveb.org
revenue
$76K
expenses
$51K
net assets
$37K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

Support Yiddish culture and students

profile · synthesized from sources

In Geveb is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Yiddish culture and education by publishing scholarly and pedagogical resources for advanced Yiddish language learners and researchers. It provides open-access articles, lesson plans, and critical analyses focused on modernist Yiddish literature, particularly works from the Khalyastre avant-garde movement. The organization operates as a digital platform based in New York, serving a global academic audience.

named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Advanced Yiddish Pedagogy Series
Publications and teaching materials that reframe challenging aspects of modernist Yiddish literature as opportunities for deeper linguistic and cultural understanding.
Lexical Innovation in the Yiddish Avant-Garde
A pedagogical resource analyzing the Khalyastre group's lexical creativity, designed for advanced Yiddish instruction and classroom use, including sample worksheets and close readings of modernist poetry.
activities · 4 groups

What they do

  • Jewish Textual and Educational Publishing 3 activities
    • Digital publication and translation of Yiddish literary and archival texts
      Produces and publishes English translations of original Yiddish literary and archival materials, including poetry, stories, essays, and historical accounts, often with accompanying Yiddish texts in standardized orthography and full searchability. Examples include translations of works by Sholem Asch, H. Leivick, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and contemporary collaborative translations from Yiddish into English.
    • Production and dissemination of pedagogical resources for Yiddish language and culture
      Creates, collects, and shares original pedagogical materials for teaching Yiddish language and culture, including downloadable worksheets, sample lesson plans (e.g., for teaching Melech Ravitch’s poetry), and reflections on teaching practices. Also facilitates the exchange of teaching tools among educators and supports diverse learner levels through resources like the Proste Yiddish podcast and curated lists of Yiddish summer programs.
    • Scholarly editing and critical editions of Old Yiddish literature
      Produces scholarly editions of Old Yiddish literary texts, including critical editing and publication of works such as the Arthurian romance Viduvilt, and assembles original scholarly contributions on the historical and cultural dimensions of Old Yiddish literature.
  • Academic Journal and Scholarly Publication 1 activity
    • Open-access publication of peer-reviewed Yiddish Studies scholarship
      Operates a subscription-free, open-access digital journal that publishes peer-reviewed academic articles, essays, and research in the interdisciplinary field of Yiddish Studies, with a focus on Yiddish cultural production and its relationship to other cultures and languages. The journal is indexed in academic databases RAMBI and the Road Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, enhancing the discoverability and academic use of its content.
  • Jewish Community Media Production 1 activity
    • Platform for contemporary Yiddish cultural expression and community engagement
      Hosts a blog and digital storytelling platform focused on contemporary Yiddish cultural life, publishing personal writing, interviews, event reportage, podcasts, listicles, and multimedia content. The platform supports contributors’ emotional and intellectual engagement with Yiddish culture and includes features such as content sharing, saving articles for later reading, and citation tools for academic use.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Support for Yiddish lexicography and digital language resources
      Supports verterbukh.org as a key digital lexicographical resource for Yiddish, contributing to the preservation and accessibility of Yiddish vocabulary and usage.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$76K
Contributions & grants$76K100%
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expenses
Total expenses$51K
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Total assets$37K
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Net assets$37K
2 years on record · 2023–2024 · YoY revenue +50.3%
relationships · 23

Who they work with

  • Atran Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • Bar-Ilan University Partner — Hosted a conference where research supported or published by In Geveb was presented.
  • Excelsior Editions Partner — Published a bilingual book of Moyshe-Leyb Halpern's poems selected and translated by Richard Fein.
  • Fortunoff Archive Partner — Collaborates on fellowship projects related to Yiddish language materials in video Holocaust testimony.
  • Frieda Vizel Partner — Conducts interviews with Frieda Vizel on her educational work in Hasidic Williamsburg and digital outreach.
  • Harry Ransom Center Partner — Source of the unpublished typescripts of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s papers used in the publication
  • League for Yiddish Partner — Collaborates with the League for Yiddish, as reflected in coverage and shared mission around Yiddish language promotion.
  • Milgroym Network — Original publisher of the article in German; In Geveb republishes and translates the work, indicating a continuity with the historical journal.
  • Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library Partner — Hosts Yiddish immersion programs referenced in student reflections published by In geveb.
  • Redbubble Partner — Hosts In Geveb's merchandise store to support fundraising efforts.
  • Rena Costa Yiddish Center Partner — Collaborated with In Geveb on presenting research related to teaching Khalyastre poetry at an academic conference.
  • Sarah Schulman Partner — Features Sarah Schulman in conversation about her edited anthology on Yiddish in Sweden.
  • The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • The Max & Anna Levinson Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • The Michael H. Baker Family Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • The Naomi Prawer Kadar Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • The Neal and Susan Broxmeyer Family Foundation Funder — Provides financial support to In geveb.
  • YIVO Network — Member of the network of institutions dedicated to Yiddish scholarship, referencing shared intellectual history with YIVO.
  • YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Partner — Collaborates with or references materials from the YIVO Archive for Jewish Research in submissions.
  • Yiddish Barcelona Partner — Collaborates with Yiddish Barcelona through interviews and coverage of its inaugural program.
  • Yiddish Barcelona Partner — Collaborates with Yiddish Barcelona to promote immersive Yiddish language education in a new international program.
  • Yidishe Trupe Partner — Collaborated on the translation of Meir Kucinski's story about goldklapers in Brazil.
  • verterbukh.org Partner — Partners with verterbukh.org to support lexicographical resources for Yiddish language learners and scholars.
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Community-Driven Content Creation as Pedagogical and Cultural Engagement
    methodology: community_contributed_content
    By centering community-contributed content across academic, translational, and educational domains, In Geveb fosters ownership and active participation in Yiddish cultural life, because involving diverse voices in knowledge production strengthens both the relevance of the material and the continuity of Yiddish-speaking communities.
  • Interdisciplinary and Digitally-Enhanced Cultural Analysis
    methodology: interdisciplinary-cultural-analysis
    By integrating digital tools like full-text searchability, digital mapping, and scholarly networking with interdisciplinary analysis, In Geveb advances Yiddish studies as a dynamic field, because combining technological accessibility with critical contextualization enables new forms of research, teaching, and public engagement with Jewish history and culture.
  • Open-Access Digital Publishing for Democratized Scholarship
    methodology: open_access_publishing
    By publishing Yiddish scholarship and cultural content through open-access digital platforms, In Geveb increases global access to and engagement with Yiddish studies, because removing financial and geographic barriers enables broader participation from scholars, learners, and communities traditionally excluded from academic discourse.
  • Peer-to-Peer and Experiential Pedagogy for Language Revitalization
    methodology: peer-to-peer_pedagogy
    By using peer-to-peer teaching, comprehensible input, and challenging literary texts as pedagogical tools, In Geveb supports both beginner and advanced Yiddish language learners, because immersive, learner-driven methods build linguistic fluency and deepen cultural connection more effectively than traditional top-down instruction.
  • Translation as Ideological and Educational Bridge-Building
    methodology: ideological-clarification-through-translation
    By translating Yiddish materials into English and using dialogic, author-aligned methods, In Geveb makes Yiddish literature and historical debates accessible while preserving nuance, because translation that clarifies ideological context and repositions power dynamics in literary interpretation enables deeper contemporary engagement with Jewish identity and language politics.