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Yiddish World VIDEO: My escape from the Warsaw Ghetto
Henryk Robak, a native Yiddish speaker, remembers his time living in the Warsaw ghetto, and how he survived (includes English subtitles)
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Rabbi Yosef Ber Soloveitchik speaks about Passover
Soloveitchik, called The Rav by his students, is considered one of the most influential leaders of Modern Orthodoxy in 20th century America.
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Yiddish World What did Purim costumes look like in a pre-war Polish shtetl?
The boys in these photos are putting on a Purim shpiel (Purim play) in Apt (Opatow), Poland.
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Yiddish World Not your average book party: A month of Jewish summer camp in one night
The unique event in Brooklyn marks the launch of Sandra Fox's book about Jewish summer camps in postwar America
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Yiddish World The Forward launches the Yiddish Community Calendar
We want to be your go-to source for Yiddish-themed events, whether online or in-person, in English or in Yiddish
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Yiddish World Workers Circle hosts wide array of Zoom spring courses for Yiddish speakers
Courses include advanced grammar with linguist Yitskhok Niborski and works of humor and satire with Michael Wex.
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Yiddish World Three books on Yiddish-related themes win National Jewish Book Awards
Among the winners: Kenneth Moss’ retelling of Polish Jewish history, focusing on the painful trade-offs Jews were forced to make.
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Yiddish טשיקאַוועסן: נײַ שפּיגל־וואַנטבילד אין קאָלישער בית־עולם • די ישׂראלדיקע ווינטערס פֿאַרשווינדןTidbits: New mirror mural in Kalisz Jewish cemetery • Israeli winters are disappearing
דער קונסט־פּראָיעקט איז אַן אופֿן צו פֿאַרבינדן די פֿעלקער וואָס האָבן דאָרט אַ מאָל געוווינט: פּאָלאַקן, ייִדן און אוקראַיִנער.
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