Read this article in Yiddish Of the many stories my father has told me about his past, my favorite is the one about the day he became an American citizen. It was February 17, 1967. My dad sat inside the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, alongside a mosaic of others, waiting to…
Read this article in Yiddish The national Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon has opened an in-person exhibit, “Yiddishpitz,” that highlights the influence of Yiddish literature and culture on Israeli comic artists. Curated by cartoonists Nimrod Reshef and Rachel Achunov, the exhibit features 63 comics, caricatures and illustrations. The exhibit is the culmination of a multiyear…
Read this article in Yiddish During the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic last year, when organizing events over Zoom was still a novelty, Rabbi Avram Mlotek and “Golden Land Concerts and Connections” president Moishe Rosenfeld put together a Third Seder online in an effort to bring together Yiddish aficionados unable to otherwise attend any…
Ever wonder what Ashkenazi Jews baked for Purim, aside from homentashen? Learn about it in this special Purim edition of “Yiddish Word of the Day” by Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter. You’ll also hear how to pronounce the names of the characters in the megillah, the story of Purim, in Yiddish, as well as a couple…
Read this article in Yiddish The Forverts has released a Yiddish rendition of folksinger Woody Guthrie’s classic song, “This Land is Your Land.” The music video, which features an international group of Yiddish singers and klezmer musicians, was produced by punk-klezmer musician Daniel Kahn. While a Yiddish version of “This Land is Your Land” may…
Read this article in Yiddish. It’s a mitzvah to indulge in a lavish feast on Purim with family and friends. Due to the coronavirus, most of us won’t be able to have any guests this year but you can still celebrate the holiday with a delicious, festive meal! In this video, Rukhl Schaechter and Eve…
Read this article in Yiddish James Joyce has “Bloomsday”. Robert Burns has “Burns Night”. Now Sholem Asch has his own literary celebration as well, “Asch Wednesday.” The program, held this year for the third time to coincide with Ash Wednesday, is the brainchild of Yiddish Book Center bibliographer and Asch’s great-grandson, David Mazower. The first…
Read this article in Yiddish The video series “Yiddish Word of the Day,” featuring Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter teaching Yiddish words and expressions related to a theme, has been a big hit. Launched in April, the 115 installments in the series have been played more than 600,000 times on Facebook and Youtube. But with 115…
Read this article in Yiddish A recent article on the website, Seforim Blog, compares the phonetics of biblical Hebrew and Arabic. In the post, the author, Rabbi Avi Grossman, remarks that he “cannot fathom” why the letter ayin (ע) in Yiddish became a vowel roughly equivalent to the Latin letter E and asks his readers…
Read this article in Yiddish To mark the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, the Folksbiene released a video on Tuesday featuring the cast of the company’s hit production of “Fiddler on the Roof” performing “God Bless America” in Yiddish. In the video, created by actor Ben Liebert (who played Motl the Tailor),…
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