Boris Sandler
By Boris Sandler
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Yiddish World Will Putin become the third Fuhrer?
In March, I couldn’t take my eyes off of the news. Twice a day I tuned in to hear about the Russian-Ukrainian front. The war, taking place far from the United States and surely at a distance from my slice of heaven in Florida where I’ve been for the past six months, proves the lie…
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Culture I Edited The Forverts For 18 Years, But I Never Forgot My First Day
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. It is part of a series on Forverts memories written by and about present and past Forverts writers and editors. It’s often said that one’s first impressions are usually the strongest, although not necessarily the most precise. Although I experienced a number of memorable moments during my…
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Culture FICTION: A Drop of Sunflower Oil
During our first days and weeks in Israel we readily absorbed a dozen or so Hebrew words, which spiced up our ordinary lives with exotic new sounds and smells. Among them was the term madrich, which means “guide” and was to play a substantial role in our lives. I would go so far as to…
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Opinion Yiddish 4.0
What mazel! Last week, Yiddishists round the world woke up to find an article by Joseph Berger about the Forverts — in the New York Times, no less — entitled: “For Yiddish A Fresh Presence Online”. The next day, a Hebrew translation of the article appeared in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, with a slightly different…
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The Schmooze ‘Agentn’ of Yesterday and Today
A version of this post appeared in Yiddish here. To perform Yiddish theater today, you need a lot of money, or a lot of ambition. The New Yiddish Rep theater company, led by David Mandelbaum, has the latter. Mandelbaum is an actor and director who also plays most of the other roles a theater company…
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The Schmooze Hopes Confirmed at the Second Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival
Robi Cohen A version of this post appeared in Yiddish. When the first Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival wrapped up two years ago, one could hear the usual critics saying: “Nu! Let’s see if there will be a second one.” This year, that question was answered. From June 13 to 22 the second International Yiddish…
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Opinion History’s Paradoxes
Eighty years ago, on May 25, 1926, Ukrainian folk hero Simon Petlura was shot to death in Paris. The assassination was planned and executed by Jewish folk hero Sholom Schwartzbard. Why bring up today these two opposing characters, whose peoples have lived together for hundreds of years? Just for the anniversary? And who were they,…
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Opinion Israel’s Tomorrow, Today
More than that of any other country in the world, Israel’s fate is dependent on “tomorrow” — a tomorrow that comes closer day by day with the approach of August 15, the date set by Prime Minister Sharon to begin Israel’s planned withdrawal from Gaza. How does Israeli society look from afar during these critical…
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