Jennifer A. Stern
By Jennifer A. Stern
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Yiddish World Opera about a unique Yiddish dictionary to have its world premiere
The plot involves two Jewish scholars determined to revitalize the language after its near destruction in the Holocaust
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Yiddish World Hiding from the Nazis in Japan
Meyer Zucker was one of more than 2,000 Jews saved by diplomat Chiune Sugihara exactly 85 years ago
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Yiddish World Yiddish California cultural center plans move to La Paz, Mexico
The organization drew much interest in its previous location in La Jolla but financial challenges forced it to close last year
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Yiddish World Venice’s international arts festival gets unexpected taste of Yiddish
The “Yiddishland Pavilion” aims to validate minority cultures at an event that highlights nation-based narratives
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Yiddish World A photo of my bubbe when Jewish stores still had Yiddish signs
As far as I know, this photograph is my family's only physical link to our Yiddish-speaking past
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Yiddish World Parisian theater stages Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ‘Golem’ in Yiddish and French
A diverse group of French, Israeli and Palestinian actors perform in Yiddish in Amos Gitai's contemporary staging
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Yiddish World Reviving Jewish folk tunes that were nearly lost forever
Musicologist Zisl Slepovitch publishes music recorded in the 1930s in today’s Belarus and Ukraine
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Culture Paintings of unbearable life in the Lodz Ghetto
An exhibit in Warsaw displays artwork created by Jews as a strategy for staying alive.
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