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Music How the Yiddish ‘poet of the people’ wrote more than 500 songs yet struggled to be heard
Arriving in America in the 1890's, Shloime “Solomon” Smulewitz became the epitome of the 'Wandering Jew'
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Culture It’s a classic Yiddish saying — but did it come from a biblical story about Jesus?
The origins of the phrase 'you can't dance at two weddings with one behind' has uncertain origins, but one scholar has a surprising idea
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Yiddish World VIDEO: What Rabbi Soloveitchik said about Jewish concern for Israel
The renowned Talmudist and philosopher gave the sermon ten years after Israel’s founding
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Culture ‘If Yiddish isn’t safe at Brandeis, where is it safe?’
Brandeis planned to put its Yiddish program 'on hiatus' — until the Yiddish community spoke out.
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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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Theater Can a kinky new Yiddish musical resurrect a lost art — and one man who got spanked to death?
Mikhl Yashinsky's zesty 'Feast of the Seven Sinners' marries tradition and taboo, with R-rated consequences
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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 Popular Yiddish learning program now offering grants
Yiddish teachers, students and parents praise YiddishPOP for the fun way it presents its lessons.
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