VIDEO: Yiddish Word of the Day – Israel
In honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut, learn which fruit and nut have the word Israel in them.
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VIDEO: ‘Hava Nagila’ and two other Israeli hit songs – in Yiddish
David Eshet’s recording of “Yerushalayim shel zahav” (“Jerusalem, City of Gold”) became the most popular Yiddish song in Israel’s history.
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85% of the Jews killed in the Holocaust spoke Yiddish. Here’s how to honor them.
Many shuls and day schools commemorate Yom Hashoah, but disappointingly few include Yiddish at these events.
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VIDEO: Watch this rare home film of a Seder in 1932
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My obsession with my Hasidic father’s handwritten letters
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When the enemy is your brother
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Yiddish Word of the Day: Passover
Learn some humorous expressions with the words “haggadah” and “matzah” that you could use all year round.
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Will Putin become the third Fuhrer?
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