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Verter fun der Vokh – War In Israel

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Fifty years after the Yom Kippur war, the State of Israel has experienced a huge surprise attack during a Jewish holiday. This time the attackers were Hamas terrorists who attacked…

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Vanishing Worlds: Music of Yiddish Anarchists and Activists with Steve Gibons

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Time & Location Aug 09, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT Highland Park Public Library About the Event There were Jews in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some well…

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Lecture on Yiddishland with Artist Yevgeniy Fiks

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Sunday April 16th – 2 to 3 PM Central LIVE VIA ZOOM (Previous email had the incorrect date of April 18th)   An exploration of Yiddishland as an imaginary space connected through…

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Verter fun der Vokh: דער פּו֜רים – Happy Purim!

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Purim nonsense rhyme:

אַ גוטן פּו֜רים, אַ֜לע׳ך‮ <מלאך>‮!
וווּ איך גיי פֿ‮אַל איך‮,
די באָרד איז מי‮ר לאַנג,‮
דאָס ווײַב איז מיר‮ קראַנק‮,
הײַנט איז פּו֜רים, מאָרגן‮ איז אויס‮ –‮
גיט מיר אַ פּע֜ני <‮גראָשן> און וואַרפֿט מיך‮ אַרויס‮!

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CONVERSATION | Yiddish and Social Justice

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We close out the Yiddish Book Center’s 2021 Decade of Discovery’s Yiddish and Social Justice with a conversation about the roots of social justice in Yiddish literature and culture. An…

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Mishpokhe Songs with Batsheva & Tanya

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We will learn all about Family (Mishpokhe in Yiddish) through Yiddish songs “Hobn Mir a Nigndl” and others. You will discover the background and meaning of songs you may be…

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Powell speaking Yiddish

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Powell speaking Yiddish

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YIVO Yiddish Club: Yiddish humor today with yidlife crisis

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Nu, vilst redn a bisele yidish? An event for Yiddish enthusiasts the world over, the YIVO Yiddish club is an informal monthly gathering to celebrate mame-loshn. Hosted by Shane Baker, sessions take place…

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WATCH: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman’s powerful “Ballad of September 11”

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הײַיאָר, בעת די וועלט מערקט אָפּ דעם 20סטן יאָרצײַט פֿון די טעראָריסטישע אַטאַקן אויפֿן וועלטהאַנדל־צענטער אין ניו־יאָרק, האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס פֿאַרבעטן די האָלענדישע ייִדישע זינגערין, לוסעט וואַן דען בערג, צו…

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Yiddish Word of the Day: Rosh Hashanah

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Yiddish Word of the Day: Rosh Hashanah

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