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Yiddish World
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New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
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Barbra Streisand’s mom believed this Jewish drink would improve her daughter’s voice
Here we show you how to make the eggnog-like Jewish home remedy called a "gogl-mogl"
The Latest
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Highly anticipated Yiddish New York festival will be online and on-site
Among the events: the screening of a classic film about two disabled lovers and a lecture about Palestinian Yiddish
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A Yiddish and English book for young kids, just in time for Hanukkah
The book, called "Gevald!" ("Uh-Oh!"), was translated from Faroese — an Old Norse-based language like Icelandic
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Klezmer star Daniel Kahn to receive the 2023 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, in memory of the inspirational singer and activist Adrienne Cooper, will be presented at the Yiddish New York Festival.
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I.B. Singer’s many newspaper articles are now available in English
In his nonfiction work, Singer often portrayed himself as the sole guardian of the annihilated world of Polish Jewry
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The Dagestan airport riot — Russia’s first 21st-century pogrom
A video filmed during the riot shows teenagers saying 'we’re here to find the Jews and kill them'
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New musical will highlight the remarkable creativity of Jews in the ghettos and camps
After the war, partisan fighter Shmerke Kaczerginski visited displaced persons camps and recorded the songs that survivors shared with him.
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Video: Israeli soldier speaking Hasidic Yiddish reassures American Jews
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, about 2,000 Haredi men have volunteered to serve in the Israel Defense Forces
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VIDEO: Watch us make a delicious vegetarian version of the Shabbat stew — cholent
Both the dish and the word first appeared in the Ashkenazi Jewish community of France about 800 years ago
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Yiddish נײַ בוך באַטראַכט די טעמע, ראַסיזם אין דער אַמעריקאַנער ייִדישער קולטורNew book discusses the issue of racism in American Yiddish culture
אַפֿילו פּראָגרעסיװע ייִדישע שרײַבער האָבן געניצט ראַסיסטישע סטערעאָטיפּן וועגן אַפֿראָ־אַמעריקאַנער.
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