Alma Roggenbuck (DE; cultural activist, scholar, artist)
is a cultural activist committed to empowering marginalized communities through arts, culture, and research.
Alma has studied Yiddish around the world, from Jerusalem to Massachusetts. In 2020, she founded Generation J, a Yiddish cultural community for young scholars and artists, and is currently teaching Yiddish at the Paideia Institute for Jewish Studies in Stockholm.
She co-founded alternative Jewish communities in Leipzig and Halle, supporting secular, queer, and diverse Jewish voices.
As a researcher, Alma has published on trans history and antiracist memorial practices and has translated historic Jewish legislation from Early Modern Yiddish. She has served as an assistant editor for the European Journal for Jewish Studies and was the project manager for TEKİEZ, a living memorial for victims of racist and antisemitic violence.
She is a recent graduate of the Paideia One-Year Program and is continuing her studies in a master’s program at the Heidelberg School for Jewish Studies.
She is also a theater artist and is currently working on an international performance project around queer histories.
This year at YSW:
>> Project Presentation Women of the Book and Yiddish Visual Arts
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