What did Purim costumes look like in a pre-war Polish shtetl?
The boys in these photos are putting on a Purim shpiel (Purim play) in Apt (Opatow), Poland.
Yiddish World
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Books
Charles Dickens: A friend of the Jews?
A 1912 Yiddish newspaper article tried to simplify Charles Dickens' relationship with the Jews. The real story is messier, but far more interesting.
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Dungeons & Dragons in Yiddish
The legendary tabletop game is now modified for play in Yiddish.
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Books Keep a ton of notebooks? Mazel tov: You’re part of an old Jewish tradition
The Jewish respect for the printed word is well reflected in the adage: a Jewish thief steals only books.
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This artist paints portraits of today’s Yiddishists
Three works by Los Angeles-based artist Silvia Wagensberg are on display at UCLA Hillel.
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A remarkable album of soulful Hasidic melodies performed by women
Hasidic men have been singing these tunes, called nigunim, for centuries, especially in the presence of their Rebbe.
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Not your average book party: A month of Jewish summer camp in one night
The unique event in Brooklyn marks the launch of Sandra Fox's book about Jewish summer camps in postwar America
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Speaking Yiddish to chickens: Holocaust survivors on South Jersey chicken farms
These new farmers, adapting to an isolating rural way of life, found comfort in Yiddish culture, a link to lost families and hometowns
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The Forward launches the Yiddish Community Calendar
We want to be your go-to source for Yiddish-themed events, whether online or in-person, in English or in Yiddish
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Workers Circle hosts wide array of Zoom spring courses for Yiddish speakers
Courses include advanced grammar with linguist Yitskhok Niborski and works of humor and satire with Michael Wex.
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VIDEO: In historic first, a female Orthodox rabbi opens prayer at a state legislature
Miriam Udel is both an ordained rabbi and an acclaimed professor of Yiddish literature at Emory University
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