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Forverts in English New film highlights the poetry, art and personality of Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. A documentary film about the life and work of Yiddish poet, singer and painter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman will be screened in three countries, starting January 28th. Beyle, the Artist and Her Legacy, which was directed by Christa Whitney and Liz Walber, explores the poet’s work and its impact…
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Forverts in English The 21st century’s first Yiddish TV show is here
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Yiddish has had a hard time getting on television. In Israel, the language was only permitted on the radio but banned from TV except for a few one-time comedy specials. The only regularly scheduled Yiddish TV shows in history briefly appeared in Montreal in the 1970s and…
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Forverts in English WATCH: Honey balls and ginger candy
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. To mark Chaya Palevsky’s recent inclusion in the Forward 50 the Forverts is reposting a classic episode of the cooking show “Timeless Delicacies”, in which she describes her mother’s honey balls and ginger candy. Rukhl Schaechter and Eve Jochnowitz demonstrate how to make these classic Jewish desserts.
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Forverts in English New Volume of Erotic Yiddish Poems
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Many Yiddish books are published these days with rabbinical endorsements but only once in a blue moon is a new Yiddish book released sporting a “mature content” warning on its cover. Just such a book was recently published, Troim Katz Handler’s collected erotic Yiddish poetry “Simkhe 2”…
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Forverts in English Documentary portrays four generations of Jewish life in Lodz
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. from LOGTV FILMS on Vimeo. A new documentary film, “Still Life in Lodz,” by Polish-Jewish film director Slawomir Grunberg, portrays four generations of Jewish life in Lodz through the perspective of a still-life painting that belonged to a Jewish family and hung in their apartment from the…
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Forverts in English Baby boy born to klezmer star Daniel Kahn and his wife, Yeva Lapsker
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. This week, mazel tovs are echoing in Yiddish social media over the news that klezmer musician Daniel Kahn, star of the hit video of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in Yiddish, and his wife, Yeva Lapsker, a translator and dancer, had their first child in Berlin. The boy was…
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Forverts in English WATCH: How to Make Delicious Spinach Latkes
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Latkes were not originally made with potatoes. In fact potatoes didn’t become widely available in Eastern Europe until the 19th century, while latkes harken back to the cuisine of ancient Israel. In Eastern Europe, these pancakes were originally made of quark cheese and buckwheat. A Sephardic equivalent,…
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Forverts in English Sholem Aleichem Center Seeking Donations for Essential Roof Renovation
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. “Gevald!” (For those not in the know, that’s Yiddish for “Help!”) So began a recent message on the Sholem Aleichem Center’s Facebook page, informing fans of the Bronx Yiddish cultural center’s dire need of a new roof. To raise the $20,000 required for the renovation, the Center…
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