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Reminder for This Sunday – Yiddish Cultural Event in LA
It was special and influential-- find out why.
A CENTURY OF YIDDISH THEATER MUSIC
- A Fascinating History -
Yiddish Theater started in Europe and swiftly became a creative arena for immigrant Jews in...
Palestinians removed from greece flight after israeli passenger protest
Two Israeli passengers of Palestinian-Arab descent were removed from an Aegean Airlines flight from Athens to Tel Aviv on Sunday, after a group of Israelis protested their presence on the plane and repeatedly called...
Innovative drug for treating prostate cancer approved in Mexico
A successful Phase III clinical trial in Latin America, involving 80 patients, confirmed the high rate of local cures and minimal side effects, as evidenced by negative biopsies and maintenance of patients’ potency, continence...
He Dreamed a Dream in Yiddish
Over the weekend, two events encapsulated Yiddish New York, the week-long festival of Yiddish arts, music and culture that served to replace a gaping hole in the calendar left by the demise of KlezKamp,...
8000 Israelis suffer from PTSD due to current wave of terror
As a result of the current Palestinian terror wave in Israel, 8,000 Israelis have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC) said on Wednesday.
"This is a long war," ITC...
Thousands of medieval documents and Jewish books waiting to be rescued in Cairo
Inside a library of a synagogue in downtown Cairo, hundreds of Judaic books dating from the medieval ages to 20th century are shelved, unread and un-indexed.
Despite a center dedicated to their preservation, government ministries...
Happy Hanukkah, Curious George tabbed board book, by H. A. Rey
It is the eighth night of Hanukkah, and George and his friends have gathered for a celebration. They light the menorah, spin the dreidel, make latkes, and learn the importance of mitzvah! In this...
Some expressions of Passover in Yiddish, Hebrew and English
click for more information and to listen to a sample
http://yiddishin10lessons.blogspot.com/2015/02/express-it-in-yiddish-vol-1-body.html
The first night of Passover we make a Seder where we start with a blessing on the wine, we eat various special foods as a...
The Jewish Annotated New Testament, by Amy-Jill Levine
Although major New Testament figures–Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus’ mother Mary and Mary Magdalene–were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition...
How to Say “Madoff Deserved It!” in Yiddish
אונדזער ייִדישער ווערטער־אוצר האָט אויפֿגעהערט עולה־רגל זײַן; זעט אויס, אַז מיר זײַנען געווען גבֿירים און געטראָגן געלאַטעטע שיך. אונדזער שענסטער גאַנג איז געווען, ווען מיר זײַנען געזעסן אין דער היים מיטן קאָפּ אין הימל...