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Yiddish World VIDEO: High energy and Jewish pride at Central Park’s Yiddish singalong
Many young people in the audience cheered and sang along with the klezmer stars onstage
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Yiddish World A concert in memory of theater pioneer Joseph Papp
Later in life, the founder of the Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park reconnected with his Yiddish heritage.
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Yiddish World The concert where Paul Robeson was warned not to sing in Yiddish
When Soviet government leaders invited the singer to give a concert, he did something they didn't expect.
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Yiddish World MLK Day concert to include civil rights songs and Yiddish folk songs
The event will take place in a synagogue where Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke
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Yiddish World Smithsonian festival to include Yiddish concert, blintzes and pickling workshops
The annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrates contemporary cultural traditions from around the world.
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Yiddish World See what’s going on in the new Yiddish community calendar
The calendar includes both in-person and online events, both in English and in Yiddish
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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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