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Mikhl Yashinsky

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Yiddish World
New film about postwar shtetls in the former USSR is now streaming

The film "Shtetlers" reveals the Jewish culture that Jews and non-Jews shared in these towns.

By Mikhl Yashinsky Jan 30, 2023 | 3 min read
Yiddish World
Why songwriter Josh Waletzky called his elegy for 9/11 ‘One World’

One World Trade Center — the taller of the two towers that were obliterated — had special meaning for Waletzky

By Mikhl Yashinsky Sep 8, 2022 | 2 min read
Books
Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture

On December 18, iconic film director Steven Spielberg, will turn 75. No doubt, admirers of his work round the world will mark the event by watching some of his greatest movies, including “The Color Purple”, “Jaws” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Others will return to movie theatres after a long plague-driven break, to catch his newest…

By Mikhl Yashinsky Dec 16, 2021 | 5 min read
Yiddish World
Want to shmooze online in Yiddish? Lots of choices now!

“Bist farshtumt.” (“You’re muted.”) “Tsind on dayn mikrofon.” (“Turn on your microphone.”) And of course: “Ot iz mayn kats. Zog: ‘sholem-aleykhem,’ ketsele!” (“Here’s my cat. Say hi, kitty!”) If you’ve ever taken part in one of the various Yiddish shmueskrayzn (conversation groups) that have sprouted up on the Internet since the beginning of the pandemic,…

By Mikhl Yashinsky Nov 2, 2021 | 4 min read

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