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WATCH: Six great Yiddish Hanukkah recordings

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By: שׂרה־רחל שעכטער

December 11, 2020

מע קען הײַיאָר, צום באַדויערן, ניט פֿאָרן אויף קיין חנוכּה־שׂימחות. פֿון דעס וועגן קען מען פֿאָרט פּראַווען דעם יום־טובֿ אויף אַ הנאהדיקן אופֿן בשעת מע צינדט די ליכטעלעך. ווי אַזוי…

The True History of the Dreidel

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By: דזשאָרדין קוציק

December 10, 2020

עס קומט באַלד דער יום־טובֿ חנוכּה און צוזאַמען מיט אים וועט מען ווידער רעדן פֿון דריידלעך. אַזוי ווי מיט אַ סך זאַכן אין דער ייִדישער געשיכטע, איז די מעשׂה וואָס…

Four happy songs with Bodo

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By: SaveTheMusic

December 8, 2020

Recently, the young Yiddishist and movie lover Aaron Bendich uploaded to YouTube some disco songs in Yiddish from the Israeli film, “When you give, you take.” Until recently, almost no…

The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan

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By: League for Yiddish

December 4, 2020

The latest in our Youtube series “Gehert a Mayse!/Have you heard?” is live! The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan In the summer of 2007, Sheva Zucker, editor of Afn Shvel from…

On YouTube: JPPC sings 4 Yiddish Chanukah songs in 4-part harmony

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By: Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus

December 4, 2020

The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) conducted by Binyumen Schaechter ♫♫ 4 YIDDISH CHANUKAH SONGS ♫♫ IN 4-PART HARMONY! Borekh ate (Blessed Are You) Fayer, fayer (Fire, Fire) Ikh bin…

The magic of Kadya Molodwsky’s children’s poetry – now in English

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By: Jordan Kutzik

December 3, 2020

A new bilingual edition of Kadya Molodowsky’s enchanting Yiddish children’s poetry was recently published in Sweden. Edited and masterfully translated into English by Yaira Singer, “Through an Endless Stretch of Land” makes…

Yiddish song after the Holocaust

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By: Abigail Wood

November 18, 2020

YIDDISH SONG AFTER THE HOLOCAUST The impact of the destruction of European Yiddish culture in the Holocaust upon Yiddish song is clear: the cultural roots of this diverse repertory were…

California Dreamin’ in Yiddish

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By: SaveTheMusic

November 13, 2020

California Dreamin’ in Yiddish with beatboxing and a flute מיר איז תּמיד אינטערעסאַנט, ווען מענטשן זעצן איבער פּאָפּולערע אַמעריקאַנער לידער אויף ייִדיש, בפֿרט ווען עס גייט אַ רייד וועגן אַ…

Der Gliklecher Mentsh דער גליקלעכער מענטש yiddish cartoon

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By: Jewish Website

November 5, 2020

A mayse far kinder un far di vos lernen zikh oys yidish Der Gliklekher Mentsh. (El Hombrte feliz / The happy person ) דער גליקלעכער מענטש Multicultural Animated Project “Four…

Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscovered thanks to rare recording

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By: Renee Ghert-Zand

November 3, 2020

Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history Early 1920s newspaper ads for the blockbuster New…