Forverts Staff
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Yiddish World Three Yiddish plays about demons and saints is opening off-Broadway
Shane Baker stars in this production based on the stories of Nobel prize-winning author I. B. Singer
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Yiddish World Violinist Deborah Strauss wins 2024 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, named after the late singer Adrienne Cooper, supports artists who have contributed to the Yiddish cultural scene.
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Yiddish World Book party for Yiddish translation of ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’
A Yiddish review of the book praised its use of highly Germanized Yiddish for the pompous character Gilderoy Lockhart
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Yiddish World Lively course on Hasidic Yiddish at Yiddish Summer Weimar
Instructors, including performer Mendy Cahan and Yiddish experts, will teach the language and culture of Hasidic Jews today
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Yiddish World VIDEO: This moving film about seven young Yiddish scholars may surprise you
In 'The Secrets of Yiddish Poetry,' director Nurith Aviv explores the role that Yiddish plays in their work and lives
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Yiddish World Video: Thirteen-year old bakes baklava in Yiddish
Sender Glasser, of Clark, New Jersey, discovered the honey-soaked pastry while dining with his family in Turkish restaurants
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Yiddish World Video: For Yom Hashoah, watch this inspiring program honoring the Warsaw Ghetto fighters
The event featured a talk by Julia Mintz, whose directing has focused on narratives of resistance against unimaginable odds
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Yiddish World Preeminent Yiddish literature prize is open for submissions
Recent winners include Michoel Felsenbaum and Boris Sandler
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