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Yiddish World More than a century after her death, this woman writer is being celebrated
Read this article in Yiddish On May 23rd at 1:00 pm EDT, the Workers Circle will host a book party for a new bilingual edition of stories by the short story writer, Salomea Perl, “The Canvas and Other Stories.” The discussion will be in English, with the readings in Yiddish and English. The volume includes…
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Yiddish World Yiddish online concert to include African-American songs
Read this article in Yiddish On May 15th at 7 pm EDT, the Boston Workers Circle chorus, “A Besere Velt”, will perform a special online concert entitled “Singing for a Better World” with guest performers Polina Shepherd, Lorin Sklamberg, Anthony Russell, Daniel Kahn and Judy Bressler. “A Besere Velt” was founded in 1997 and is…
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Yiddish World Yiddish song mystifies, then wows judges on Ukrainian version of ‘The Voice’
A Forverts reader has informed us that two former Ukrainian pop stars, known as The Alibi Sisters, recently performed the Yiddish song “Chiribim-Chiribom” at the blind auditions on the Ukrainian version of “The Voice.” In the video, the judges, presumably none of them Jewish, initially appear mystified by the act – some sporting a slightly…
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Yiddish World WATCH: Irene and Ruth make p’tcha
Read this article in Yiddish P’tcha, also known in Yiddish as galyer, galareta and fusnoge, is a classic Ashkenazic dish made from jellied calves’ feet. In this video, two lifelong friends, Irene Kronhill Pletka and Ruth Sher-Friede, who grew up together in Melbourne’s Bundist community, demonstrate how to make ptcha with a twist: Since the…
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Yiddish World Israeli Cartoon Museum exhibit highlights cartoons inspired by Yiddish culture
Read this article in Yiddish The national Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon has opened an in-person exhibit, “Yiddishpitz,” that highlights the influence of Yiddish literature and culture on Israeli comic artists. Curated by cartoonists Nimrod Reshef and Rachel Achunov, the exhibit features 63 comics, caricatures and illustrations. The exhibit is the culmination of a multiyear…
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Yiddish World Yiddish day school students will sing the Four Questions at this year’s online Third Seder
Read this article in Yiddish During the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic last year, when organizing events over Zoom was still a novelty, Rabbi Avram Mlotek and “Golden Land Concerts and Connections” president Moishe Rosenfeld put together a Third Seder online in an effort to bring together Yiddish aficionados unable to otherwise attend any…
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Yiddish World ‘Asch Wednesday’ to celebrate legacy of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch
Read this article in Yiddish James Joyce has “Bloomsday”. Robert Burns has “Burns Night”. Now Sholem Asch has his own literary celebration as well, “Asch Wednesday.” The program, held this year for the third time to coincide with Ash Wednesday, is the brainchild of Yiddish Book Center bibliographer and Asch’s great-grandson, David Mazower. The first…
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Yiddish World You can now search all the links to ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’ clips by topic
Read this article in Yiddish The video series “Yiddish Word of the Day,” featuring Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter teaching Yiddish words and expressions related to a theme, has been a big hit. Launched in April, the 115 installments in the series have been played more than 600,000 times on Facebook and Youtube. But with 115…
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