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'Selected Shorts' Host Isaiah Sheffer Dies at 76

By Itzik Gottesman

'Selected Shorts' Host Isaiah Sheffer Dies at 76
Radio personality Isaiah Sheffer died today in New York at age 76. Sheffer was co-founder and artistic director of the performing art center Symphony Space on the upper west side of Manhattan, and was known nationally as the long time host of the public radio series “Selected Shorts,” which began in 1985. Sheffer started Symphony Space in 1978 with the conductor Alan Miller, and turned a run down theater into one of the most active cultural centers in New York. Sheffer stepped down from the post in 2009.Read More

Yiddish Bookstore Gets a New Home

By Itzik Gottesman

Yiddish Bookstore Gets a New Home
A version of this post appeared in Yiddish here. Read More

The Titanic in Yiddish Folklore

By Itzik Gottesman

When the Titanic went down, the entire world not only talked about this event but also sang about the tragedy — the Yiddish speaking-masses included.Read More

Yiddish Actress Chayale Ash-Fuhrman Dies at 90

By Itzik Gottesman

Yiddish Actress Chayale Ash-Fuhrman Dies at 90
In Yiddish there are some professions or positions that use the diminutive form of a name as a sign of popular endearment. These include Hasidic rebbes, cantors, thieves and actors.Read More

Vitka Kempner Kovner, Vilna Partisan, Dies

By Itzik Gottesman

Vitka Kempner Kovner, Vilna Partisan, Dies
The legendary Vilna partisan Vitka Kempner Kovner died on February 15. She was credited with carrying out the first act of anti-Nazi resistance in the ghetto.Read More



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