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The Shvesters: Paulina Levi (left) and Polina Fradkin. Photo by Nira Dayanim.

How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation

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When singers Polina Fradkin and Paulina Levi got 50,000 Instagram followers, they celebrated with a cake. But these days, they are really cooking. The Shvesters (the Yiddish word for “The…

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Tantz mit mir a lidl bizn sof – Dance to the End

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https://mameloshn.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/simone_4457161_8667016.mp4 By Leonard Cohen Voc, guit: Karsten Troyke Violin: Daniel Weltlinger

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Yiddish Word of the Week – Verter fun der Vokh: די קינסטלעכע אינטעליגענץ / Artificial Intelligence

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די טע‫כנאָלאָגיע פֿון פּנים־דערקענונג, אַ הויפּט־אַפּליקאַציע פֿון דער קינסטלעכער אינטעליגענץ, ניצט אויס אַלגאָריטעמס פֿון מאַשין־לערנען כּדי אַקוראַט צו אידענטיפֿיצירן יחידים באַזירט אויף די שטריכן פֿון זייערע פּנימער. דאָס דערלאָזט אַז…

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Yiddish songs in 4-part harmony IHO International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist IN HONOR OF International Holocaust Remembrance Day Three songs in Yiddish performed in four-part harmony with English…

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Jules Feiffer, a symbol of New York Yiddish satirical humor, dies

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Jules Ralph Feiffer (January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country.…

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The Legacy of Menachem Mike Fox Z”L

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene mourns the passing of Menachem Mike Fox. Mike was a dedicated performer and teacher of Yiddish folk song, a poet, and one of the creators of…

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“When I Think of Trump” – A Yiddish Song

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Rivkele – Rebeka Yiddish Tango – Amigos do Idish CWB

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Yiddish Group that aims to preserve and spread the musical culture of Yiddish. Olga Avigail – Vocal Hadrian Tabecki – Piano Grzegorz Bozewicz – Bandoneon Piotr Malicki Giitar

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Verter fun der Vokh – Bald / באַלד

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1. ‘right away’, ‘promptly’ וו‫ען די קלאַסן האָבן זיך געענדיקט איז חיים באַלד אַהיימגעפֿאָרן. [VEN DI KLASN HOBN ZIKh GEÉNDIKT IZ KhÁYEM BALD AHÉYMGEFORN.] When classes ended, Khayem went home right away. ער‫ איז איר באַלד (פֿון אָנהייב) געפֿעלן…

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Panoramic view of the interior of the New York Public Library reading room. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

After 40 years in a basement, the New York Public Library recovers a treasure trove of Jewish and Yiddish music

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NYPL has acquired a unique collection of sheet music and documents that form part of the history of Jewish and Yiddish music broadcast on radio station WEVD. The collection of…

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