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WATCH: Six great Yiddish Hanukkah recordings

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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…

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Verter fun der Vokh: חנוכּה – Hanukkah

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applesauce: דער ע֜פּל־קאָמפּאָ֜ט; דער ע֜פּל־צי֜מעס [DER ÉPL-KOMPÓT; DER ÉPL-TSÍMES] candle: דאָס ליכטל, ־עך [DOS LIKhTL, -EKh] dreydl: דאָס דריידל, ־עך [DOS DREYDL, -EKh] For the complete list, click here to go to the…

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A freylekhn khanike! + Yiddish Song Workshop Package Available for Purchase

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As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday – a freylekhn khanike! Here…

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The True History of the Dreidel

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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…

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Four happy songs with Bodo

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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…

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The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan

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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…

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Last Day for Discount on Yiddish Winter Program! + Info on Donating to YAAANA Inbox

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Happy December! This newsletter will be brief but contains a couple of important pieces of information. First, the last day to purchase a discounted registration package for the Not Your…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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