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100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don’t speak the language?

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The YIVO institute, an archive, library and research institution on Eastern European Jewish civilization, recently encountered a novel problem in its 100 year history. In its early days in Europe,…

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André Heller – Tsen Brider

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Tsen Brider (Les Dix Frères), chanson populaire yiddish, composée probablement en Russie à la fin du 19ème siècle. Interprétée par André Heller. Tsen Brider Tsen brider zenen mir gevezn, Hobn…

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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 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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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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Choral Z Piekla Dna (Choral from the Depths of Hell)

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Choral Z Piekla Dna (Choral from the Depths of Hell) Aleksander Tytus Kulisiewicz Songs from the Depths of Hell ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1979 Folkways Records Released on:…

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