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July 15, 1913: Avrom Sutskever, great Yiddish poet, is born

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July 15, 2020

(1913–2010), Yiddish poet. Born in Smorgon’, a small industrial city southeast of Vilna, Avrom Sutzkever spent his early childhood in Omsk, Siberia, where his parents took refuge from the invading German…

Verter fun der Vokh: דער פֿע֜רצעטער יו֜לי – Bastille Day

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By: League for Yiddish

July 15, 2020

דער 14ט‮ער יולי איז געוואָרן אַ נאַציאָנאַלער‮ יום־טובֿ בײַ די פֿראַנצויזן ווײַל אין ‮יענעם טאָג אין ‮9871 האָט מען געשטורעמט‮ די באַסטיל, באַפֿרײַט‮ די מלוכה־געפֿאַנגענע, ‮און דערמיט האָט זיך אָנגעהויבן די פֿראַנצייזישע‮ רעוואָלוציע. ‮ !פֿרײַהייט, גלײַכקייט, ‮ברידערשאַפֿט July…

International contest for Yiddish song and klezmer music

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By: Forward

July 10, 2020

דער בראַזילאַנער פֿעסטיוואַל „קלעזטיוואַל“ — דער גרעסטער פֿעסטיוואַל פֿון ייִדישער מוזיק אין דרום־אַמעריקע — לאַנצירט הײַיאָר אַן אינטערנאַציאָנאַלן קאָנקורס, „די באָבע־פּרעמיעס“, וואָס וועט אָנערקענען דאָס בעסטע נײַע ייִדישע ליד, די בעסטע נײַע…

Large archive of Moscow State Yiddish Theater now online

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July 10, 2020

דער „בלאַוואַטניק־אַרכיוו“ האָט לעצטנס געשטעלט אויף דער אינטערנעץ הונדערטער בילדער פֿון חפֿצים פֿאַרבונדן מיט דער געשיכטע פֿונעם מאָסקווער ייִדישן מלוכה־טעטאַער („גאָסעט“). די אַרטיפֿאַקטן, וואָס נעמען אַרײַן הונדערטער פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיעס, סצענאַרן, בראָשורן, צייכענונגען און…

Vira Lozinsky sings a love song to Paris

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July 7, 2020

Vira Lozinsky, one of today’s outstanding Yiddish singers,blends her singing with a variety of musical styles from East European folk (Klezmer, Gypsy, Romanian, Russian) to South American Tangos. Her repertoire…

Paul Robeson sang in Yiddish

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By: Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel

July 6, 2020

I still remember the rich bass baritone voice of Paul Robeson singing “Old Man River” in the 1936 movie Show Boat. That was his song and I thought no one else could match his…

Verter fun der Vokh: דער פֿע֜רטער יו֜לי – Fourth of July

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By: League for Yiddish

July 3, 2020

Fourth of July דער פֿע֜רטער יו֜לי barbecue (n.): דער באַרבעקיו֜; דאָס פֿע֜לדוואַרמעס [DER BARBEKYÚ; DOS FÉLDVARMES] barbecue (v.): באַרבעקיויִ֜רן; בראָטן אויפֿן פֿײַ֜ער [BARBEKYUÍRN; BROTN AFN FÁYER] Declaration of Independence: די…

Our special event for Mexican Jews: Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico

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June 30, 2020

Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico. Mexico City was a lively center of Yiddish culture, art, and education and it was the destination for tens of thousands of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and…

Silvia Bialik – “Oif Eibik Yiddish”

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By: Comunidad Bet-El México

June 26, 2020

Silvia Bialik – “Oif Eibik Yidish – Telenovela y Curso” Silvia Bialik – "Oif Eibik Yidish – Telenovela y Curso" Silvia Bialik – "Oif Eibik Yidish – Telenovela y Curso"…

Why are Yiddish Songs So Popular Now?

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By: Forverts

June 22, 2020

Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong maven Itzik…