July 13: An Interview with Cory Booker
Don’t miss Jodi Rudoren’s candid conversation with the New Jersey Senator
WATCH: Zoominar about Yiddish song today with Lorin Sklamberg and other Yiddish music figures
Leading Yiddish singers and songwriters spoke about their work and its relevance in our troubled times.
Forverts launches first online, interactive Yiddish crossword platform anywhere
Users can promptly check if an answer is correct, which makes it ideal for people who aren’t fluent in the language.
Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in Yiddish
Daniel Kahn’s translation truly resonates these days.
Forverts video series, Yiddish Word of the Day, has 12-year old fan
Ziv Harlow Siegel, a sixth-grader at Manhattan’s Ramaz school, is using phrases he’s learned from the popular new series in emails to his bubbe.
Listen to the first chapter of Harry Potter in Yiddish
Translator Arun Viswanath reads the Yiddish version of the text and acts out the dialogue in each character’s Yiddish dialect.
Mikhl Baran, American Yiddish cultural icon, who fought Nazis at the age of 17, has passed away
In 2018, former campers of Camp Hemshekh honored him, many of them describing the deep, lasting impression he had made on them.
WATCH: Third Seder performed by Klezmer stars – now on Youtube
More than 1,100 people watched the program, which borrowed heavily from the Arbeter Ring haggadah.
Kiryas Yoel Hatzoloh: Shut all synagogues, yeshivas, schools and mikvahs!
The announcement, in Yiddish, urges haredi Jews to immediately institute social distancing in their communities.
All YIVO online classes are now free of charge
As COVID-19 continues to affect individuals and societies around the world, the YIVO Institute for Jewish research has decided to offer all its online courses free of charge.