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1RIVKA CHAYA SCHILLER
1620 Ave. I, Apt. 106
Brooklyn, NY 11230
(C) 917-209-6717
rivkaschiller@yahoo.com
www.rivkasyiddish.com
ADDENDUM A:
PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS (BOOKS, ARTICLES, FILMS, AND AUDIO-VISUAL)
Books:
Sephardi Lives: a Documentary History, 1700-1950. Ed. Julia Phillips Cohen and Sarah Abrevaya
Stein. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2014. Provided English translations of
Hebrew documents for book that won the National Jewish Book Award of 2014.
The New Life: Jewish Students of Postwar Germany. Jeremy Varon. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State
University Press, June 2014. Provided English translations of Yiddish-language materials.
Di ershte helft lebn by Fannie Brenner, 1989. Translated previously published, Yiddish-language
autobiography into English.
No Road for Me to Africa by E. Barbara Rothman, M. A., 2013. Provided research and editorial
assistance and translations of Yiddish family correspondence.
White Angel: A Journey in Her Own Words: The Personal Memoirs of Helen Weinberg, 1914-1997
by P’nina Seplowitz, 2013. Translated Yiddish writings of Helen Weinberg.
Bethink Rabbi Benjamin Schultz by Julius Herscovici, 2012. Provided research assistance and
translations of Yiddish articles.
Writings from Tarashcha 1914-1937 by Selka Sevransky Baum, edited by Richard Leonard Baum, 2009.
Provided English translations of author’s Yiddish writings.
'Man Plans and God Laughs' and Other Sayings of Our Grandparents compiled by George Hanus, et al.,
Fall 2008. Translated and transliterated Yiddish proverbs.
The Social History of Jewish Children in Poland: Survival and Identity, 1945-1949 by Joanna B. Michlic,
forthcoming. Provided research assistance.
Through the Eyes of Painted Birds by Joanna B. Michlic, forthcoming. Jewish Children in Poland,
1945-1949: War-time Experience, Survival and Identity. Provided research assistance.
Biography on Golda Meir (title yet undecided) by Francine Klagsbrun, forthcoming, by Schocken Books.
Translated and provided English annotations of Yiddish articles and documents.
Porgy and Bess: An American Cultural Reader edited by Ray Allen and George Cunningham, forthcoming.
Provided English annotations of Yiddish newsreels.
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Articles in English:
“Paying Homage to the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery's Dead,” guest photo essay featured on
Annette Gendler's website: www.annettegendler.com. Essay accessible at:
http://www.annettegendler.com/2016/10/a-visit-to-warsaw-jewish-cemetery.html, posted on
20 October 2016.
“Retracing a Family's Legacy” by Rivka Schiller, The Jewish Press, “Olam” Section, 23 September
2016, pp. 12-13. Online version of article accessible at: goo.gl/HbJvPA, posted on 25 September 2016.
“How a Jewish Woman Survived Pregnancy in a German Concentration Camp to Give Birth to Her Son” by
Rivka Schiller, The Independent, London, England (http://goo.gl/YtXTR6), posted on 12 November 2015.
Book review by Rivka Schiller of “Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland
by Glenn Dynner,” Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Winter 2014, pp. 16, 24-25.
“A Bashert Genealogical Discovery,” by Rivka Schiller, Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish
Genealogical Society, Spring 2013, pp. 1, 4-8. Article was also reprinted in the Yedies fun
YIVO / News from YIVO (http://www.yivo.org/blog/), posted on 2 August 2013.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “The Rebbe’s Daughter: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood by
Malkah Shapiro (author), Nehemia Polen (translator),” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
(www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 9:2, Fall 2012.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “On Both Sides of the Wall: Memoirs from the Warsaw
Ghetto by Vladka Meed,” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal
(www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 9:1, Fall 2012.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “The Memoirs of Glückel of Hameln by Glückel of Hameln,”
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 9:1, Fall 2012.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “Hungry Hearts by Anzia Yezierska,” Women in Judaism: A
Multidisciplinary Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 9:1, Fall 2012.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “Meneket Rivkah: A Manual of Wisdom and Piety for Jewish
Women by Rivkah Bat Meir (author), Frauke von Rohden (editor),” Women in Judaism: A
Multidisciplinary Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 8:2, Fall 2011.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History: The
Roles and Representation of Women by Paula E. Hyman,” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary
Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 8:1, Fall 2011.
“Ties That Bind: How a Forverts Story Twice Prompted Profound Connections, 65 Years Apart” by
Rivka Schiller, Forward, Fast Forward, 19 August 2011.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “Meneket Rivkah: A Manual of Wisdom and Piety
for Jewish Women” by Rivkah Bat Meir (author); Frauke Von Rohden (editor), Lilith Magazine,
vol. 34:3, Fall 2009.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller of “Anna’s Shtetl by Lawrence A. Coben,” Women in Judaism:
A Multidisciplinary Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org), vol. 5:3, Summer 2009.
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“And Life is Changed Forever: Holocaust Childhoods Remembered by Martin Ira Glassner and
Robert Krell (Eds.). Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2006” by Rivka Schiller,
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 11:1, Spring 2009.
“Nusakh Vilne Commemorative Ceremony: Perpetuating the Living Legacy of Vilna’s Jewish
Culture and Tradition” by Rivka Schiller, YIVO News #205, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research,
Winter 2009.
“A Voice for the Women of Ravensbrück” by Rivka Chaya Schiller, Forward, Arts & Culture,
16 July 2008.
Book review by Rivka Chaya Schiller, “Jewish Women Prisoners in Ravensbrück: Who Were They?
by Judith Buber Agassi,” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal (www.womeninjudaism.org),
vol. 5:2, Spring 2008.
“Family History and the Holocaust: A Day of Learning. The 2nd
Annual Lucille Gudis Memorial
Fund Lecture Series,” by Rivka Schiller, Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society,
Summer 2007, pp. 10-13.
“YIVO’s Treasures Uncovered by High School Students”1 by Rivka Schiller, Archival Outlook,
Society of American Archivists, March / April 2007, pp. 8-9.
“Cabaret Act Revives Music of Warsaw” by Rivka Chaya Schiller, Forward, 2 March 2007, p. B5.
“All Roads Lead to YIVO” by Rivka Schiller, News from Chicago YIVO, Chicago YIVO Society,
Winter 2006-07, pp. 6-8.
“Gruss-Lipper Digital Archive Staff Increased to Five” by Rivka Schiller, YIVO News #202, YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research, Winter 2006, pp. 10, 15.
“2nd
Nusakh Vilne Yizker and Memorial Lecture” by Rivka Schiller, YIVO News #202,
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Winter 2006, p. 12.
“Jewish Names on the Map of Birobidzhan,” These Are the Names – Studies in Jewish Onomastics –
vol. IV, by Boris Kotlerman, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2003. Translated article from
Hebrew to English.
“The History of Anti-Semitism in Kielce, Poland, during the Holocaust Era,” Bulletin of the Arnold
and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research – No. 10, by Rivka Schiller, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat-Gan, Israel, Sept. 2002, pp. 36-54. Authored the aforementioned article for Israeli publication.
“The History of Anti-Semitism in Kielce, Poland, during the Holocaust Era,” The Kielce-Radom
Special Interest Group Journal – vol. VI: 3, by Rivka Schiller, Summer 2002, pp. 25-37.
Authored the aforementioned article for American publication.
Articles in Yiddish and Polish:
“Genealogiczne Odkrycie” by Rivka Schiller, Midrasz 4 (174), July / August 2013.
“Ceremonia `czarnego wesela’ i jej opisy w księgach pamięci” by Rivke Schiller, Midrasz 6
(164), November / December 2011.
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“Geratevet durkh deportirung,” Forverts, p. 16, 13 April 2007.
Rebeka Dzshoy-Fletsher un ir Nyu-yorker “Kleynkunst”-debyut, Forverts, p. 16, 16 February 2007.
Ale shliakhn firn in YIVO fun Rivke Shiler, Yedies fun YIVO #202, Yidishe visnshaftlekhe organizatsye,
p. 3 (from right side), Winter 2006.
“Nusakh Vilne” yizker un ondenk-tseremonye, Forverts, p. 13, 13 October 2006.
“Kristn in der Varshever geto: an epitaf far di nisht-dermonte” fun Peter Dembowski Forverts, p. 16,
14 July 2006.
“Di yidishe froyen fun kontsentratsye-lager Ravensbruk,” Forverts, p. 18, 26 May 2006.
“A gezegenung mit mayn land,” Forverts, p. 19, 21 April 2006.
Di 26ste yerlekhe konferents funem internatsyonaln farband fun yidishe genealogishe gezelshaftn
(IAJGS), Forverts, p. 19, 14 April 2006.
“Purim in Khelm:” traditsye af an umtraditsyoneln oyfn, Forverts, p. 17, 23 March 2006.
A fragment fun a nisht-geshribn bukh, Forverts, p. 15, 17 February 2006.
Di latke oder der homen-tash?, Forverts, p. 20, 27 January 2006.
“Der izovn fun Yedvabne,” Forverts, p. 20, 23 December 2005.
A naye grupe far di eyniklekh fun der sheyres-hapleyte, Forverts, pp. 17, 22, 14 October 2005.
Films and Audio Media:
Documentary film about the Yiddish poet, Celia Dropkin, by Bracha Feldman and Eli Gorn, Canada.
Provided filmmakers with archival research and Yiddish translation assistance at the YIVO Institute for
Jewish Research, New York, NY. July 2016, forthcoming.
Documentary film about U. S. Army veteran, Alan Golub, and the Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor
women he rescued at the close of World War II, by Joan Stein Schimke, New York, NY. Interpreted for
filmmaker and her staff during live interviews with Yiddish-speaking Holocaust survivors. Fall 2015;
Spring 2016, forthcoming.
Documentary film, “Sala: The Letter Carrier,” by Open Heart Productions, LLC, New York, NY.
Translated significant portions of audio-video material from Yiddish and Hebrew, respectively,
to English. Spring 2016, forthcoming.
“Who Do You Think You Are?,” documentary television series about genealogy produced by Shed
Media US, Los Angeles, 2015. Provided research assistance for episode on Lea Michele’s Jewish
ancestry that aired on TLC (The Learning Channel), May 1, 2016.
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Documentary film about Julius Rosenwald schools for African Americans by Aviva Kempner,
Summer 2015 (www.rosenwaldfilm.org/). Provided research assistance and translations of Yiddish
articles, Spring 2014.
“Who Do You Think You Are?,” documentary television series about genealogy produced by Wall
to Wall, the United Kingdom, 2014. Provided research assistance for episode on Jane Seymour’s
Jewish ancestry that aired on the BBC in August 2015.
“Who Do You Think You Are?,” documentary television series about genealogy produced by Shed
Media US, Los Angeles, 2010. Provided research assistance for episode on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Jewish
ancestry that aired in April 2011.
“Voices of the Holocaust: A Documentary Project by Illinois Institute of Technology,” Chicago, IL
(http://voices.iit.edu/), 2009. Transliterated Yiddish interviews conducted by Prof. David Boder in post-
WWII Europe, ca. 1946, for website with accessible sound recordings and transliterations.
Documentary film about Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, Regina Citron, produced by Risa
Neuwirth of LifeStory Productions, Brooklyn, NY, 9 July 2007. Conducted interview in Yiddish
with Ms. Citron.
“Mame-Loshn Kinder-Loshn,” produced by Avi Lehrer and Tommy Schwarcz, Israel, 2002.
Translated interviews from Yiddish to English.
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Documentary film about Julius Rosenwald schools for African Americans by Aviva Kempner,
Summer 2015 (www.rosenwaldfilm.org/). Provided research assistance and translations of Yiddish
articles, Spring 2014.
“Who Do You Think You Are?,” documentary television series about genealogy produced by Wall
to Wall, the United Kingdom, 2014. Provided research assistance for episode on Jane Seymour’s
Jewish ancestry that aired on the BBC in August 2015.
“Who Do You Think You Are?,” documentary television series about genealogy produced by Shed
Media US, Los Angeles, 2010. Provided research assistance for episode on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Jewish
ancestry that aired in April 2011.
“Voices of the Holocaust: A Documentary Project by Illinois Institute of Technology,” Chicago, IL
(http://voices.iit.edu/), 2009. Transliterated Yiddish interviews conducted by Prof. David Boder in post-
WWII Europe, ca. 1946, for website with accessible sound recordings and transliterations.
Documentary film about Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, Regina Citron, produced by Risa
Neuwirth of LifeStory Productions, Brooklyn, NY, 9 July 2007. Conducted interview in Yiddish
with Ms. Citron.
“Mame-Loshn Kinder-Loshn,” produced by Avi Lehrer and Tommy Schwarcz, Israel, 2002.
Translated interviews from Yiddish to English.
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