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Jewish Bucket List: Yiddish Immersion

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By: Debra Eckerling

July 25, 2019

The stage was set. The musicians played. The featured performer read Yiddish poems accompanied by klezmer music. The crowd was excited. I was, too. The whole experience gave off the…

July 24: Abraham Goldfaden, the “father of modern Yiddish theater,” was born in Russia

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July 24, 2019

Abraham Goldfaden, the “father of modern Yiddish theater,” was born in Russia (today’s Ukraine) on this date in 1840. Goldfaden was a poet in Hebrew and Yiddish, many of whose…

Am I small? Bin ikh kleyn?: English-Yiddish: Children’s Picture Book (Bilingual Edition), by Philipp Winterberg

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July 16, 2019

English-Yiddish Bilingual Edition “Am I small?” – Tamia is not sure and keeps asking various animals that she meets on her journey. Eventually she finds the surprising answer… By Philipp…

Yiddish Summer Weimar 2019. The Weimar Republic of Yiddishland July 12 – August 17

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July 9, 2019

Registration for Yiddish Summer Weimar workshops is open and advance ticket sales have begun! In 2019 we recognize the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of the Weimar Republic. To celebrate…

How Sweden Became the Epicenter of Yiddish Children’s Media

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By: Marjorie Ingall

July 9, 2019

In 1999, Yiddish was declared an official national minority language in Sweden, alongside Finnish, Romani, Meänkieli, and the Sami languages. There’s federal funding in Sweden for media produced in all its national minority…

Yiddish in 10 Lessons. A Book/CD to learn Yiddish in a fun way

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By: Daniel Ajzen

July 8, 2019

If a language is the key to knowledge and to communicate and understand a culture, idioms are the key to their heart. In these two books by Chaim Werdyger “YIDDISH…

Di Kats Der Payats

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July 8, 2019

Es gist nokh a regn. S iz kalt un z iz nas. Gezesn in shtub. Gekukt af der gas…. Thus begins the classic children s book of a rainy day…

A Protest to Leaders Of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico

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By: Dr. Sheva Zucker

July 2, 2019

I had the pleasure of working and visiting Mexico — specifically Jewish Mexico — several years ago. I am familiar with its Yiddish teachers and some of these teachers and…

Dos is di sheinkayt fun Yiddish

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July 1, 2019

Douss is yiddish asoy vi a moul… Posted by Camille Flaster on Friday, June 28, 2019

“Shtisel” Opens Up New Possibilities For the Yiddish Theater Read more: http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/215629/shtisel-opens-up-new-possibilities-for-the-yiddish/#ixzz5s51XqJdq

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By: שׂרה־רחל שעכטער

June 27, 2019

די אומגעריכטע הצלחה פֿון „פֿידלער אויפֿן דאַך אויף ייִדיש‟ האָט, סוף־כּל־סוף, געוויזן דער וועלט אַז דער טעאַטער־עולם איז גרייט און וויליק צו זען אַ מיוזיקל וווּ דער דיאַלאָג און די…