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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…

Yiddish language and literature, with special focus on Prague

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January 15, 2020

For centuries Yiddish was the vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, and Prague a widely known center of Jewish culture and the Yiddish language. But what is Yiddish? How and where did it…

“The Labor Of Life,” in Yiddish, A tragi-comedy by Hanoch Levin. Israel’s Beckett

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January 13, 2020

HAVEN’T BOUGHT TICKETS YET? YOU’RE KIDDING! ?ביסט מעשיגע THE LABOR OF LIFE BY HANOCH LEVIN TRANSLATED BY ELI ROSEN IN YISDDISH WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES JANUARY 17, 18 24. 25 7:30…

Verter fun der Vokh: שׂרפֿה – Fire

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January 9, 2020

Fire שׂרפֿה brush fire: די געקו֜סט־שׂרפֿה, ־ות [DI GEKÚST-SRÉYFE, -S] bunker gear/personal protective equipment: שיץ־מלבושים, ל״ר; די שי֜צקלײדונג [ShÍTS-MALBÚShIM (pl.); DI ShÍTSKLEYDUNG] bush fire: דאָס/דער ווי֜לדפֿײַער, ־ן; די װאַ֜לד־שׂרפֿה, ־ות…

ווידעאָ: חורבן־ליד אָנגעשריבן פֿון אַ 12־יעריק קינד

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January 7, 2020

דער אַלבאָם „ייִדישע פּראַכט‟, אַ פּראָיעקט פֿון ד׳׳ר אַנאַ שטערנשיס צוזאַמען מיט אַ גרופּע מוזיקער און די זינגער פּסאָי קאָראָלענקאָ און סאָפֿי מילמאַן, האָט באַקאַנט געמאַכט פֿאַרן ברייטן עולם מיט אַ…

Moti Giladi: ‘My Way’ in Yiddish (2007)

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January 6, 2020

Moti Giladi sings “My Way” in Yiddish (Mayn veg) at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw: “Singer’s Warsaw” in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. The festival, which has been taking place since…