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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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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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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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“Vu di velt hot nor an ek” (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by Kadya Molodowsky. Children’s poems in Yiddish and English

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“Vu di velt hot nor an ek” (Through an Endless Stretch of Land), by Kadya Molodowsky. Children’s poems in Yiddish and English. Yaira Singer has collected, translated, and illustrated her…

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Ukrainian Yiddish Song from the Shtetl

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The “true” story of the August 12, 1952 massacre in Russia

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דער 12טער אויגוסט איז באמת א טרויער טאג אין דער יידישער געשיכטע, אבער ניט מחמת די סיבות, וואס די יעווסעקן און זייערע פארטיידיקער באטאנען. דער 12טער אויגוסט איז א שאנד-טאג…

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Medem Library in Paris

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