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Learn Yiddish by reading a master of Yiddish literature!

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Sholem Aleichem— Motl the Cantor’s Son (abridged and adapted for students with exercises, glossary and audio recording) — לטאָמ עסייפּ םעד סנזח ( טצריקראַפֿ ןוא טעבראַאַב ראַפֿ ןטנעדוטס טימ ןעגנוטינעג…

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How Ashkenazic Jews Got Their Names and The Problems They Have Caused Them – Kalman Weiser

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Prof. Weiser discusses (in English) the origin of Ashkenazic Jewish names and focuses on the bureaucratic issues historically associated with keeping track of and reconciling Jewish naming practices. The first…

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Ale mentshn zaynen brider: Od to Joy

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Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) Original music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר (formerly Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) Binyumen…

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Documentary Film Traces Life, Works of Yiddish Poet Avrom Sutzkever

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Released in 2021, Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a documentary that follows one woman’s journey to understand her grandfather, Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, is resonating with audiences and having success…

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Leshono Toivo

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WATCH: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman’s powerful “Ballad of September 11”

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הײַיאָר, בעת די וועלט מערקט אָפּ דעם 20סטן יאָרצײַט פֿון די טעראָריסטישע אַטאַקן אויפֿן וועלטהאַנדל־צענטער אין ניו־יאָרק, האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס פֿאַרבעטן די האָלענדישע ייִדישע זינגערין, לוסעט וואַן דען בערג, צו…

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Shana Tova. A Gut Yor – Duo Gefilte Fish

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Yiddish Crosswords

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Thanks for visiting the Forward’s Yiddish Crosswords game! This will not work on your mobile phone, so please load it on a larger screen device like an iPad, or a…

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לזכר דזשעניע פֿײַערמאַן: הערט איר נוסח פֿונעם ליד, „קינדער־יאָרן‟

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די וואָך איז אָנגעקומען די טרויעריקע ידיעה, אַז די זינגערין זשעניע פֿײַערמאַן איז אַוועק אין דער אייביקייט צו 96 יאָר. צווישן די ווידעאָס פֿון פֿײַערמאַנס אויפֿטריטן, וואָס מע האָט לעצטנס…

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