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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…

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…

Verter fun der Vokh: דער סילווע֜סטער־אָוונט – New Year’s Eve

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January 3, 2020

פֿון אַלטן אַוו‮עק, צום נײַעם פֿאָרויס! מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַלעמען אַ גוט יאָר, אַ ‮גליקלעך יאָר, און – צום סאַמע וויכטיקס‮טן – אַ געזונט יאָר! Out with the old, in with…

Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in Yiddish!

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December 27, 2019

On YouTube in honor of today’s December 16th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven here’s the Yiddish adaptation and the new choral adaptation of his “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth…

Support the League for Yiddish and our new beginnings in 2020!

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December 27, 2019

Dear Friends, As many of you already know, the League for Yiddish has big news. After 15 years, our devoted executive director/editor-in-chief of Afn Shvel Sheva Zucker is retiring. Sheva was instrumental…