Love triangles and arias abound in this reconstructed 1911 Yiddish comic operetta
‘Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love’ returns to New York, where it premiered over a century ago, on Monday, Dec. 11
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Yiddish-speaking Israeli soldier shows us what gift he received for Hanukkah
Yonatan Alman, who's stationed at Israel’s northern border, never thought the war would still be going on by Hanukkah time.
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VIDEO: This Yiddish Hanukkah song ponders the meaning of the candles
The narrator of the song contrasts the miracle of the oil with the suffering of the Jews under the Russian Czar
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This Boston synagogue looks like a New England church but murals reveal its Jewish identity
The hundred-year-old Vilna Shul is one of a handful that has retained its folk art-painted walls
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Warsaw Jewish socialist martyr Artur Zygielbojm was a harsh critic of Zionism
The play 'Amid Falling Walls' links the Bundist with Jewish longing for Palestine. He would have balked at this interpretation
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New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
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Check out the links to our English and Yiddish articles, community calendar, the “Vertl” game, Yiddish lessons and cooking shows.
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Barbra Streisand’s mom believed this Jewish drink would improve her daughter’s voice
Here we show you how to make the eggnog-like Jewish home remedy called a "gogl-mogl"
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Highly anticipated Yiddish New York festival will be online and on-site
Among the events: the screening of a classic film about two disabled lovers and a lecture about Palestinian Yiddish
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A Yiddish and English book for young kids, just in time for Hanukkah
The book, called "Gevald!" ("Uh-Oh!"), was translated from Faroese — an Old Norse-based language like Icelandic
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Klezmer star Daniel Kahn to receive the 2023 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, in memory of the inspirational singer and activist Adrienne Cooper, will be presented at the Yiddish New York Festival.
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