Forverts Staff
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Yiddish World Yiddish Jokes with Ruth Kohn: “The Eulogy” (with English subtitles)
It’s widely known that Eastern European Jews have a traditional, ironic brand of humor. You can hear it clearly in this anecdote told by Ruth Kohn, a professional Yiddish translator and interpreter, at a talent show held at the annual “Yiddish Vokh” in Copake, NY:
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Yiddish World After 67 years, ‘The Black Cantor’ finally gets a gravestone
Read this article in Yiddish. Musician and music archivist Hank Sapoznik has announced that he has raised enough money from private donations to put up a gravestone for the remarkable African-American cantor, Thomas LaRue Jones. The in-person unveiling ceremony will take place on Sunday, August 29th, at 11:00 am, 67 years after Jones’ death,…
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Yiddish World ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’ Facebook group is launched
Since the Forward launched its YouTube series, “Yiddish Word of the Day” in April 2020, a number of viewers have asked how they could sign up for it. In “Yiddish Word of the Day,” Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter gives viewers a daily Yiddish mini-lesson, consisting of words, idioms and proverbs centered around a certain theme….
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Yiddish World Classic story about child of divorce now available in bilingual edition
Read this article in Yiddish A classic Yiddish book about a child of divorce has now been republished in a bilingual edition. The story, Between Parents, by the Yiddish essayist and journalist, Hersh Dovid Nomberg, describes the experiences of a young boy in Warsaw after his parents get divorced. The book was first published in…
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Yiddish World National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene celebrates director Zalmen Mlotek
Read this article in Yiddish At the end of July, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is having a benefit concert online honoring its director of long standing, Zalmen Mlotek, who is celebrating his 70th birthday. The concert, titled “Yiddish Renaissance” and including 140 artists from around the world, is also being billed as a celebration…
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Culture Photo collection captures Hasidic life round the world
Read this article in Yiddish The Polish photographer Agnieszka Traczewska has just published a second collection of photographs of Hasidic Jewish life, entitled “A Rekindled World.” In this new album she presents scenes of daily life among ultra-Orthodox Jews in America, Israel, Canada, England, Belgium and Brazil. Her previous collection, “The Returns,” centered on images…
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Yiddish World Symposium to explore rich world of Jewish children’s literature in pre-WWII Europe
Read this article in Yiddish Join scholars, archivists, and curators in exploring the rich world of Jewish children’s literature in pre-WWII Europe. The symposium, which will compare Yiddish and Russian Jewish children’s literature, will take place on June 22 and be streamed over Zoom. It is being sponsored by YIVO and Oxford University’s Bodleian Library….
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Yiddish World Literary celebration to mark poet Itzik Manger’s 120th birthday
Read this article in Yiddish On Sunday, May 30, a number of renowned singers and actors will perform songs by the great Yiddish poet, Itzik Manger, during an online literary event celebrating 120 years since his birth. The program, “Itzik Manger and the Golden Peacock”, will be in Yiddish with English subtitles and will be…
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