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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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Yiddish אַ פֿאַרגלײַך צווישן דער געשיכטע פֿון כּלי־זמר־מוזיק און דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון דער ייִדישער שפּראַךComparing the history of klezmer music with the development of the Yiddish language
דער מוזיק־פֿאָרשער זאבֿ פֿעלדמאַן זעט טערקישע, גריכישע, רומענישע און ציגײַנערישע השפּעות אויף דער כּלי־זמר־מוזיק
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Yiddish די שטאָט פּעטערבורג אין דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטורThe Russian city of St. Petersburg in Yiddish literature
שלום אַש האָט קוים געקענט די שטאָט אָבער האָט, וווינענדיק אין ניו־יאָרק, איר געווידמעט אַזש דרײַ ראָמאַנען.
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Yiddish פּאַפּירענער פֿאָרווערטס־וואָכנבלאַט פֿונעם 2טן נאָוועמבער 2022 The Forverts printout edition for Nov. 2, 2022
צווישן די אַרטיקלען: שלום בערגער שטעלט די פֿראַגע, צי מע דאַרף טאַקע מינימום־סטאַנדאַרטן פֿאַר דער דערציִונג פֿון חסידים?
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