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March 4, 1910: Yiddish playwright Moshe Horowitz died

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Moshe Ish HaLevy was born on 27 February in Stanislawow, Eastern Galicia to an orthodox family who were followers of the Gaon Hshl”kh. He studied with Rabbi Meshulam Horowitz and later…

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STM, what we think, what we want, by Theodore Bikel

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STM, what we think, what we want as expressed by Theodore Bikel in an interview with Miri Koral, founding director of The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL).…

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“This Land is Your Land” in Yiddish

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“Dos Land iz Dayn Land” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” Yiddish Translation by Linda Gritz & Daniel Kahn with Harry Bochner, Michael Alpert, & Josh Waletzky Video and…

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“Hava Tequila Cabaret” A fun-filled event featuring a cast of young and rising talent

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A fun-filled event featuring a cast of young and rising talent. Hosted by Adam B. Shapiro Dani Apple, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Daniella Rabbani, Lauren Jeanne Thomas, Bobby Underwood, and Mikhl…

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Itzhak Perlman: Popular Jewish Melodies, A Yiddishe Mame, מנגינות יהודיות (ref.rec.: Dov Seltzer)

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Itzhak Perlman: Popular Jewish Melodies. *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00​-01:00​) I.THE JEWISH MOTHER – A Yiddishe Mamme – Traditional (00:00​) This song, whose authors are…

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A Celebration of the Life and Work of Sholem Asch

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An international celebration of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch’s life and work, including theater, films, music, photographs, sketches, satire, art, and family stories. Now in its 3rd year, Asch Wednesday 2021…

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WATCH: “Little Red Riding Hood” as a Purim tale

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קאַמערין בערנשטיין, אַ יונגע שיקאַגער ייִדישיסטקע באַקאַנט פֿאַר אירע פּאָפּולערע קורצע ווידעאָס אויף דער סאָציאַלער נעץ „טיקטאָק“ וועגן דער ייִדישער שפּראַך און קולטור, האָט לכּבֿוד פּורים אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ לענגערן פֿילם אויף יוטוב.…

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Listen and enjoy to “Di Megile” with the Bursteyn family in Itzik Manger’s unique version

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Programs on Yiddish literature and culture recorded at Montreal’s Jewish Public Library, 1953-2005. About this program: di megile fun itsik manger Mit: איציק מאַנגער | דב זלצר | שמואל בונים…

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Millennial Bundism: An Interview with Isabel Frey

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INTRODUCTION Isabel Frey is a Vien­na-based activist and musi­cian who recent­ly released a debut album, Mil­len­ni­al Bundist. Faith Hillis recent­ly caught up with Frey on Zoom to ask about mil­len­ni­als’ redis­cov­ery of the…

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“Makhts Of!”, Yiddish Purim Song performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus

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Traditional Yiddish Purim song Choral arrangement: Binyumen Schaechter (2018) Funded by a grant from the Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער…

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