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Yiddish World This Yiddish song expressing thanks for the harvest is perfect for Thanksgiving
"The Song Of Bread" praises a way of life in which people can eat foods that were produced in their own fields.
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Yiddish פּאַפּירענער פֿאָרווערטס־וואָכנבלאַט פֿונעם 23סטן נאָוועמבער 2022 The Forverts printout edition for November 23, 2022
אין דעם וואָכנבלאַט: שפּורן פֿון שאַמאַניזם בײַם דערציילן חסידישע מעשׂיות.
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Fast Forward Celebrating Dems Senate victory, Schumer praises New Yorkers’ affinity for Yiddish
Schumer said in a speech that his recent Yiddish campaign ad helped his reelection effort in upstate New York
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Theater Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ returns, a stirring reminder of Jewish loss and revival
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Hear Yiddish spoken on ‘Sesame Street’
In this clip from a 1974 episode, storekeeper Mr. Hooper surprises Big Bird and the other characters by answering the phone in Yiddish.
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Film & TV In Peacock’s very Jewish detective series, the biggest mystery is the main character
‘The Calling’ by David E. Kelley follows an NYPD policeman with a hazy Jewish backstory
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Yiddish פּאַפּירענער פֿאָרווערטס־וואָכנבלאַט פֿונעם 9טן נאָוועמבער 2022 The Forverts printout edition for November 9, 2022
צווישן די אַרטיקלען: רחל ראָזשאַנסקיס בוך „ייִדיש אין ישׂראל“ געווינט פּרעמיע אויפֿן נאָמען פֿון דזשאָרדאַן שניצער.
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Yiddish World Why you never heard of the avant-garde Jewish artist Sarah Shor
She survived pogroms, Stalin and more — by safely avoiding the spotlight
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Opinion Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas? One word: Trump
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Yiddish אַ פֿריִערדיקער גילגול פֿון בינעם העלערס באַרימט ליד „מײַן שוועסטער חיה“A previous version of Binem Heller’s iconic poem, ‘My Sister Khaye’
דעם ערשטן נוסח האָט ער געשריבן אין 1934 אונטער אַ פּסעוודאָנים, צוליב פּאָליטישע סיבות.
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Fast Forward Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote as right-wing protest against deal mounts
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BINTEL BRIEF I live in a Muslim country. Speaking out against antisemitism has left me isolated
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Opinion Gaza ceasefire is the result of political machination — not Donald Trump
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