What pre-pesach cleaning was like in the shtetl
The late Mayer Kirshenblatt, from Opatow (Apt), recalls his parents replacing the straw in their mattresses.
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Will Chaim Grade’s novel ‘Sons and Daughters’ come out in Yiddish?
The new English translation is drawing praise but surprisingly, the original Yiddish version was never released in book form
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Children taking part in a Seder while hiding from the Nazis
In Zina Rabinowitz's tale, a teacher keeps the children's fear at bay by appealing to their imagination
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Yiddish fans in Berlin launch a Yiddish open mic series
The goal is to bring together the Yiddish language and literary culture community and the thriving local Yiddish music scene
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Yiddish in Texas: An unexpected language is still riding the bronco
In Houston, the “Yiddish Vinkel” has been meeting for 45 years, and now there’s even a Yiddish class for teenagers
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Roundtable talk about future of Yiddish with top-notch speakers
Panelists will discuss the interest in Yiddish among college students and the broader Jewish and non-Jewish community
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Parisian theater stages Isaac Bashevis Singer’s ‘Golem’ in Yiddish and French
A diverse group of French, Israeli and Palestinian actors perform in Yiddish in Amos Gitai's contemporary staging
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Five cities now have regular meet-ups in Yiddish
The initiative was launched as an alternative to other Yiddish events that are held mostly online today
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Who was the audience for the rhyming Purim play?
This excerpt of Alef Kats’s ‘Purim shpil,’ presented in English, focuses on King Ahasuerus as a drunken fool
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‘Shtisel’ spin-off ‘Kugel’ richly portrays a diasporic Hasidic community
The creators even hired members of the Antwerp Jewish community, nonactors, to provide authentic local flavor
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Online trivia league poses question about the Forverts
When asked what language the paper is in, respondents gave various answers including Tagalog which is spoken in the Philippines
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