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Yiddish World Psychologist, writer and Yiddish culture activist Michael Fox has died
In addition to a memoir, Fox authored two plays, a children's book and three novels.
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Yiddish אַ זום־שמועס אויף ייִדיש מיט איציק האָרן, טאַטע פֿון צוויי ערבֿניקעס אין עזהOnline chat in Yiddish with Itsik Horn, father of two hostages in Gaza
איתן און יאיר האָרן זענען פֿאַרכאַפּט געוואָרן דעם 7טן אָקטאָבער פֿון קיבוץ ניר עוז
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Theater While Yiddish lives, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ghost stories may flourish
The play ‘Bashevis’ Demons’ puts three of the Nobel winner’s scary tales on their feet
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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 Yiddish food memories, recipes and photos wanted for online cookbook
The project, part of the Yiddish New York festival, invites people from all over the world to participate
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Opinion Harvard’s Yiddish studies program is in danger — from self-inflicted wounds
The denial of tenure to one scholar and time caps on two others is creating unnecessary chaos
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Yiddish World The day I, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, left a Vermont salesperson flabbergasted
Avram Patt, a former Vermont congressman, shares a story proving that knowledge of Yiddish can come in handy
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Fast Forward How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music
Manuscripts and arrangements of music performed on Yiddish radio station WEVD sat in a basement for 40 years
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