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“? נײַ ייִדיש ליד פֿון ריקי רויז, „וואָס ווילסטו, מוטער, האָבן

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New song by Yiddish singing sensation Riki Rose — “What do you want, Mama?” די פּאָפּולערע ייִדישע קאָמפּאָזיטאָרין און זינגערין ריקי רויז האָט די פֿאַרגאַנגענע וואָך אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ נײַ ליד…

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‘Chiribim, Chiribom’ By Yair Keydar

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Yair Keydar has advanced to the next round of Netflix’s Star Search. Many in our community first heard Yair at NYTF’s New York Sings Yiddish at SummerStage in Central Park,…

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The Emeser Detective: The Adventures Of A Yiddish Shamus

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A shtetl girl has vanished! And only one man can save her. Armed with nothing but his brains and a loaded revolver, Max Spitzkopf steps in to save the day…

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Teens, Seniors Explore Ashkenazi Traditions At Yiddish New York Festival

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A group of klezmer musicians was jamming in Lower Manhattan, when its fiddler suddenly stopped and encouraged a preteen clarinetist to lead a tune. After a moment, the young musician…

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Yiddish With Rukhl — A Forverts Podcast

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Beginning in the 1920s and ‘30s, Yiddish radio connected Jews worldwide. In New York City, the  Jewish Daily Forverts’ station WEVD — known as “the station that speaks your language”…

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Virginia-Based Yiddishists Lead First Yiddish Festival In Richmond

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Virginia’s capital city is having a few big inaugurals this January. Not only will Richmond see the state’s first female governor installed; it will also be seeing the state’s first-ever…

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Yiddish Word Of The Week – Verter Fun Der Vokh: Insectos – Insects / אינסעקטן

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געוויסע אינסעקטן (אַרײַנגערעכנט פֿליגן, מיסטזשוקעס, טערמיטן און מערעטשקעס) העלפֿן דערצו, אַז אָרגאַנישע מאַטעריע זאָל זיך צעפֿאַלן און צוריקגעבן שפּײַזוואַרג אין דער ערד אַרײַן, וואָס דאָס איז קריטיש צו דער געזונטער…

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Sabina’S Letter: “Some Of Us Must Survive” Featuring Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk

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“Some of Us Must Survive” is based on the book: Buried Words: The Diary of Molly Applebaum. After Germany invaded Poland, Molly Applebaum’s mother Salomea arranged for a farmer to…

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Chaim Grade’s Last Yiddish Novel ‘Sons And Daughters’ Finally Available In English

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When millions of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews perished in the Holocaust, their stories, culture and way of life were wiped out with them. One survivor, the novelist Chaim Grade, made…

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