Selected Speaking Engagements

"Sarah did an amazing job teaching a session for nearly two dozen participants -- one of the largest at our three-day conference. Evaluations of her session describe her teaching as fascinating, and her presentation of the material as innovative and engaging. We would love to have Sarah come back and teach again!" 

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The Many Faces of Yentl.
 Invited speaker. Maine Conference for Jewish Life, June 2024 .

Let's Talk Gen Z Jewish Feminism.
Event co-organizer and Q&A moderator. Jewish Women's Archive (online), April 2025.

The Many Faces of Yentl.  
Speaker. Lehrhaus, March 2024.

What Yiddish can do for you! A feminist introduction to Yiddish culture.
Session leader. Limmud Festival, December 2023.

  Yiddish Culture and Progressive Politics. Session leader. Jewish Social Justice Roundtable Network Assembly, November 2023.

Old Tropes, New Readings?
Panel chair (and co-chair on the conference organizing committee). Farbindungen Yiddish Conference presented by the University of Toronto (online), February 2023.

Di Firzogerin: Stories of the Yiddish Women's Prayer Leader.
Session leader. Pardes Winter Seminar, January 2023.


Yiddish Literature and Reproductive Rights Event with Ellen Cassedy.
Event co-organizer and moderator. Moishe House Somerville, June 2021.


The Golden Chain: Yiddish Culture's Brilliance and Resilience.
Invited speaker. Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid Senior Lunch and Learn, August 2022.




What Yiddish Can Do For You: An Intro to Progressive Yiddish Culture.
Invited speaker. Maine Conference for Jewish Life, June 2022.




The Golden Peacock and the Green Own: Analyzing Yiddish Learners' 
Experiences with Duolingo.
Paper presenter (and co-chair of conference ​organizing committee). Farbindungen Yiddish Conference presented by Harvard Yiddish studies (online), February 2022.

Rad Yiddish: Organizing Online Learning and Networks.
Panelist. Yiddish New York Social Justice Workshop (online), December 2021.

Froyen: Women and Yiddish: 25+ Years since the Landmark Conference.
 Panelist. Association for Jewish Studies Conference, December 2021.

Café Yiddish.
Invited speaker and event organizer. Moishe House Paris République (online, entirely in French), April 2021.

Progressive Yiddish Art and Politics, Past and Present with Anthony Russell and Rokhl Kafrissen. Panel organizer and moderator. Smith College Jewish Studies Department (online), October 2020.

In the Jewish World of Mexico: A Special Interview with Sophie Rubinstein. Event organizer and interviewer.  The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of America (online, entirely in Yiddish), September 2020.