Articles

How Sweden Became the Epicenter of Yiddish Children’s Media

1024 424 Marjorie Ingall

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…

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

626 417 Daniel Ajzen

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…

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Di Kats Der Payats

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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…

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A Protest to Leaders Of the Ashkenazi Community in Mexico

1024 525 Dr. Sheva Zucker

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…

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Dos is di sheinkayt fun Yiddish

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

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“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

626 326 שׂרה־רחל שעכטער

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…

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Yiddish Music Video Aims to Help the Mentally Ill

1024 551 פֿאָרווערטס־רעדאַקציע

דעם 13טן מײַ איז אין באָראָ־פּאַרק פֿאָרגעקומען אַ טראַגעדיע, וואָס האָט אויפֿגעטרייסלט די אָרטיקע אײַנוווינער און פֿרומע ייִדן אַרום דער וועלט: אַ 23־יאָריקער ייִדישער בחור האָט זיך גענומען דאָס לעבן…

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Cantor Moshe Ganchoff, Pulitzer Prize-Winner Julia Wolfe, A Jazz Schwing, and more

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Cantor Moshe Ganchoff reflects on a life in the cantorate. Interview by Neil W. Levin, Jacob Mendelsohn, Nathan Lam, Alberto Mizrahi, Noah Schall, and Daniel Gildar. Milken Archive oral history…

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Doodie Ringelblum’s Oral History

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Doodie Ringelblum, a medical doctor and Yiddish activist based in Melbourne, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 8, 2014 at Yidish-Vokh in Reisterstown, Maryland. This interview was conducted in…

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Yiddish South of the Border. An Anthology of Latin American Yiddish Writing, edited by Alan Astro

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Alan Astro has compiled the first anthology of Latin American Yiddish writings translated into English. Included are works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and…

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