Commentators have been announcing the death of Yiddish for hundreds of years. And in the post-war era, the number of American Yiddish speakers has dropped precipitously outside the Hasidic world. So how is it that a golden age of new Yiddish culture has been unfolding in New York over the last thirty years, with no sign of slowing down? For the answer, we must look to the magic of urban spaces: population density and the physical presence of cultural institutions on the landscape. Journalist Rokhl Kafrissen will give a brief overview of the historical homes of Yiddish in New York, and a personal and highly selective look at the various locations which have nurtured this new golden age of radical Yiddish culture.