reposting because I got the date wrong; Sunday the 25th at 11am PST the Peretz Centre here is offering this great online lecture.
"Dr. Gabriella Safran asks how Jewish migrants around the turn of the 20th century used literature, plays, and songs to work through questions about caring for elderly family members they left behind"
https://www.peretz-centre.org/event-details-registration/eldercare-in-yiddish-literature-gabriella-safran
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Give Alms to the Jewish King Lear: Eldercare in Yiddish Literature | Peretz Centre
In the final talk of the 2025 Zhargon Speaker Series, Dr. Gabriella Safran explores how Jewish migrants around the turn of the 20th century used literature, plays, and songs to work through questions about caring for elderly family members they left behind. This speaker series is part of the Peretz Centre's Discovering Doikayt initiative. We acknowledge the support of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation with funding provided by the Government of Canada.

