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Verter fun der Vokh: די איי֜ער – Eggs

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January 30, 2020

candle the eggs: אוי֜סקלאָרן <אוי֜סקלערן> די איי֜ער [ÓYSKLORN <ÓYSKLERN> DI ÉYER] crack an egg: צעשפּאַ֜לטן <אָ֜נקלאַפּן> אַן אײ [TSEShPÁLTN <ÓNKLAPN> AN EY] cracked: צעשפּאָ֜לטן [TSEShPÓLTN] For the complete list, click here to go…

Discover the exciting world of Yiddish at YIVO this summer!

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January 29, 2020

Learn Yiddish at YIVO in New York City this Summer! June 29 – August 7, 2020 Spend six-to-nine weeks immersed in Yiddish and discover 1,000 years of Jewish history. Delve…

Honoring Sheva Zucker, Miriam Trinh and Noah Barrera : RESERVE NOW

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January 28, 2020

Come celebrate the transition. After 15 years, our devoted executive director/editor in chief of Afn Shvel Sheva Zucker is retiring. Taking over the executive director and editor-in-chief positions at the…

Benjy Fox-Rosen performs Bardichever’s lament, “Doina”

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January 28, 2020

ווען בענדזשי פֿאָקס־ראָזען האָט פֿאַרלאָזט ניו־יאָרק און זיך באַזעצט אין ווין מיט אַ פֿיר־פֿינף יאָר צוריק, האָט די ניו־יאָרקער קלעזמער־סבֿיבֿה פֿאַרלוירן איינער פֿון זײַנע נאָוואַטאָרישסטע זינגער און קאָמפּאָזיטאָרן. צום גליק…

Yiddish radio show commemorates 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

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January 24, 2020

די וואָך איז געוואָרן 75 יאָר זינט די סאָוועטן האָבן באַפֿרײַט אוישוויץ. כּדי צו באַערן די קרבנות פֿונעם חורבן און די וואָס האָבן איבערגעלעבט דעם נאַצישן גיהנום, האָבן אַ צאָל…

David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past in Modern Yiddish Literature,”

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January 23, 2020

David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past in Modern Yiddish Literature,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry 12 (1996): 55-77. Read full report in PDF,…

Q&A: A Yiddish-speaking gumshoe with a tapping toe

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January 22, 2020

Gale Kissin, 67, wears several hats. She not only sings and plays guitar and percussion in Mama Loshn, the Yiddish revival band she co-founded, but she’s spent decades working with attorneys as…

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb

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January 22, 2020

Chava Rosenfarb (1923-2011) was one of the most prominent Yiddish novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Poland in 1923, she survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and…

Verter fun der Vokh: די עלעקטרע – Electricity

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January 17, 2020

Electricity די עלעקטרע bulb: דאָס לעמפּל, ־⁠עך [DOS LEMPL, -EKh] electric current: דער עלע֜קטרישער שטראָם, ־⁠ען [DER ELÉKTRIShER ShTROM, -EN] energy-saving: ענע֜רגיע־⁠שפּאָ֜ר(עװד)יק [ENÉRGYE-ShPÓR(EVD)IK] For the complete list, click here to…

Celebrate Diversity and Unity through story and song: Soul To Soul

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January 15, 2020

Soul to Soul is the electrifying and emotionally captivating theatrical concert that follows the experiences of two minority peoples and their paths to America’s promise of freedom—overcoming segregation, prejudice, and economic…