Yiddish song workshop among YIVO’s online mini-courses in English
Other courses will cover the world of Ashkenazi cooking and desire in Yiddish literature.
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Yiddish World New Los Angeles Yiddish scene continues a long tradition
Many Yiddish writers came to L.A. at the turn of the 20th century as part of a health-seeking movement
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Yiddish World Classic Yiddish holiday tales can provide hope in these dark times
Secular Yiddish children’s literature relayed the political aspirations, values and anxieties of Ashkenazi Jewry during the 20th century
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Yiddish World ‘A Sweet Year’ (A Rosh Hashanah story)
This appeared in a book of Yiddish holiday stories by the children's author Levin Kipnis, published in 1961
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Yiddish World A high-quality Soviet Yiddish literary magazine is being digitized
The online issues of "Sovetish Heymland" will be a great resource for scholars and ordinary readers of post-war Yiddish literature
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Yiddish World Preeminent Yiddish literature prize is open for submissions
Recent winners include Michoel Felsenbaum and Boris Sandler
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Yiddish World Video: A Purim tale, ‘Drunk all year, but sober on Purim,’ in Yiddish with English subtitles
Master storyteller Shane Baker recites the classic writer I. L. Peretz's story of a would-be saintly man diverted by a turkey
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Books How Isaac Bashevis Singer’s translator edits without editing
David Stromberg, the Yiddishist behind a new collection of the Nobel Prize winner's essays for the Forward, talks about the challenges of bringing his work to a modern audience
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