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How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and The Problems They Have Caused Them – Kalman Weiser

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Prof. Weiser discusses (in English) the origin of Ashkenazic Jewish names and focuses on the bureaucratic issues historically associated with keeping track of and reconciling Jewish naming practices. The first…

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Uncovering the Yiddish-language tales about Knights of the Round Table that Jews (and non-Jews) loved

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Have you heard of the Yiddish-language King Arthur stories written between the 14th – 18th centuries? These retellings of Arthurian tales for Jewish audiences were tremendously popular for centuries, though they aren’t…

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Ale mentshn zaynen brider: Od to Joy

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Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) Original music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר (formerly Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) Binyumen…

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Powell speaking Yiddish

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Powell speaking Yiddish

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Yiddish Word of the Day: Rain

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Yiddish Word of the Day: Rain

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A Yom Kippur story

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The synagogue packed with people praying under their white tallises looks like “a forest of snow-covered trees” and everyone prays the same prayer, but under each tallis there is a…

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Leshono Toivo

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WATCH: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman’s powerful “Ballad of September 11”

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הײַיאָר, בעת די וועלט מערקט אָפּ דעם 20סטן יאָרצײַט פֿון די טעראָריסטישע אַטאַקן אויפֿן וועלטהאַנדל־צענטער אין ניו־יאָרק, האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס פֿאַרבעטן די האָלענדישע ייִדישע זינגערין, לוסעט וואַן דען בערג, צו…

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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