Zach Golden is a co-founder and rabbi of the synagogue and cultural center Der Nister in Los Angeles. He can be reached at [email protected]
Zach GoldenDeputy Yiddish Editor
By Zach Golden
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Yiddish World The experimental sound of the Hutchins Consort meets klezmer and Jewish music of the Renaissance
A set of scientifically designed violins so rare that most are in museums demonstrated their unique properties at a California concert
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Yiddish World This upcoming Yiddish concert is a clarion call for a better world
Josh Waletzky’s musical work will be performed in New York on March 26 by leading Yiddish singers
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Yiddish World This artist paints portraits of today’s Yiddishists
Three works by Los Angeles-based artist Silvia Wagensberg are on display at UCLA Hillel.
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Yiddish World Leonard Cohen once denounced Yiddish. Why did he perform this Yiddish folk song?
It may have been a way to work out his Holocaust trauma.
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Yiddish World A tale of Apple’s two Yiddish keyboards
The company released its first Yiddish keyboards for phone and computer
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Yiddish World New York State to provide unprecedented support for Yiddish speakers
The new Office of Language Access will soon contract with nearly 40 Yiddish translation agencies to translate and interpret for Yiddish speakers accessing government services.
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Yiddish World Who translated The New York Times’ yeshiva report into Yiddish? It’s a closely guarded secret
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
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Yiddish World Groundbreaking album breathes new life into nearly abandoned Jewish musical art
Jeremiah Lockwood sought to revive the early 20th century style of cantorial music; he found unexpected partners in the Brooklyn Hasidic community.
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