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So Many Yiddish Happenings This Week!!

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ENJOY THE INTERNATIONAL SCOPE OF YIDDISH WITH THESE WONDERFUL LIVE ONLINE OFFERINGS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST Night of the Murdered Poets (טרויער־אַקאַדעמיע צום 12טן אויגוסט) On August…

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Today at 11AM (San Diego) 1PM (Mexico City) 2PM (MIAMI): Festival leyenkrayz – Kafka’s letzte libshaft – Dora Diamant

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Here is the reminder of our Thursday program which is done in collaboration wit Yungtruf. We are looking forward to seeing you! If you have any questions regarding connecting or…

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“The Violin” Original animation with Sholem Aleikhem’s text in the voice of Mike Burstein

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צוליב די שוועריקייטן צונויפֿצוזאַמלען אַ מנין אַקטיאָרן וואָס קענען ייִדיש (אָדער גיבן כאָטש די אילוזיע אַז זיי קענען ייִדיש), זענען אָפֿט די בעסטע קורצע פֿילמען אויף מאַמע־לשון הײַנט דווקא די…

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New Yiddish Rep: a live evening of readings and performances

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Join us for a live evening of readings and performances. The title for our upcoming zoom live stream is taken from one of the pieces that will be featured during…

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“A bayshpil”, sung by Jacob Gorelik

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Jacob (Yankev) Gorelik was born in Schedrin (Shchadryn, Scadryn) Belarus, and came to the US in the 1920s. This performance was recorded at a concert in New York City on…

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Official transliteration guide for Yiddish according to the YIVO, the Official Yiddish Language Academy

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Official transliteration guide for Yiddish according to the YIVO, the Official Yiddish Language Academy. Download PDF EXCEPTION: When the word אויף is used as a preposition, it is pronounced and therefore transliterated as af (not oyf),…

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Verter fun der Vokh: דער צע֜נזוס – Census

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2020 census:  דער צע֜נזוס <די פֿאָ֜לקסצײלונג> פֿון 2020 [DER TSÉNZUS <DI FÓLKSTSEYLUNG> FUN 2020] civic engagement: די געזע֜לשאַפֿטלעכע בי֜נדונג [DI GEZÉLShAFTLEKhE BÍNDUNG] community funding: די פֿינאַנצי֜רונג לטובֿת־הכּלל [DI FINANTSÍRUNG LETÓYVES-HAKLÁL] For the complete…

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Boris Sandler, Treplekh aroyf tsu a nes: a sibe far a mesibe

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On Sunday 12 July 2020, the Congress for Jewish Culture together with the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language, and Yung Yidish of Tel Aviv honored the Yiddish writer…

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July 15, 1913: Avrom Sutskever, great Yiddish poet, is born

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(1913–2010), Yiddish poet. Born in Smorgon’, a small industrial city southeast of Vilna, Avrom Sutzkever spent his early childhood in Omsk, Siberia, where his parents took refuge from the invading German…

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