At the height of his success in 1967, Jay Black, lead singer of the pop band, Jay and the Americans, recorded a popular Yiddish folk song and managed to convince his record label, United Artists, to include it on the B-side of their album, “Try Some of This!” The story, first published by the Forward…
“The past dominated our present,” writes Michael (Menachem) Fox in his compelling coming-of-age memoir as a child of Holocaust survivors from Poland. And indeed, his story isn’t meant to be a chronological narrative. A professional psychologist, he relates his experiences and feelings through isolated episodes, which had imprinted themselves on his memory and left traces…
On Monday, December 27, folklore expert Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will discuss the history of how Yiddish was included as one of the languages utilized at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. The talk, to be presented in English, is part of the week-long annual festival, “Yiddish New York” to take place…
On December 18, iconic film director Steven Spielberg, will turn 75. No doubt, admirers of his work round the world will mark the event by watching some of his greatest movies, including “The Color Purple”, “Jaws” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Others will return to movie theatres after a long plague-driven break, to catch his newest…
There may be a cream cheese shortage but by making these delicious bagels yourself, you won’t even miss the cheese.
Instagram star Riki Rose gives a Yiddish tutorial on something many women do each morning, but that isn’t usually taught in a Yiddish class.
On December 14, a renowned Jewish educational institute in Sweden will be hosting an online celebration of Yiddish language and culture. The event will be conducted in English. Paideia – the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden has coordinated a series of lectures about Yiddish film, theater, literature and music, given by experts in…
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This week, you can watch klezmer sensations Frank London, Sarah Gordon and Lorin Sklamberg preparing some favorite Hanukkah dishes in the kitchen, singing while they work. The program, called ESN, was produced by the National Yiddish Theater – Folksbiene. It will be streaming until the last day of Hanukkah, December 6. The inspiration to put…
A new video has been released, featuring the Brazilian composer and singer Tania Grinberg singing the Yiddish Hanukkah song, “Akht likhtlekh” (Eight Candles). The song, which was written by the late Yiddish poet and songwriter, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, has a folksy quality to it and is easy enough for kids to learn. The video, which was…
The U.S.’s largest annual Yiddish culture festival, Yiddish New York, is once again going to be conducted online, enabling people all over the globe to participate in its wide variety of workshops and lectures. The festival will take place from December 25 to December 30, 2021. Among the many sessions participants can choose to attend…
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