Call for papers for Polish conference honoring Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb
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Rekindling our Jewish friendships
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Online Yiddish theater workshop and Yiddish courses at a low price
In the theater workshop, students will act out the Yiddish translation of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.”
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Yiddish Chinese restaurant video is shared in China — with Mandarin subtitles
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Eating Chinese meant proving that the shtetl had been left behind
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