10 Christmas song you didn’t know were written by Jewish artists
Ever wonder who’s behind some of the most popular Christmas songs in the world? While it only seems natural that Christmas songs would be written by those who actually celebrate the holiday, many popular...
Daniel Galay’s words on receiving his lifetime achievement award
ד״ר שׂרה זיו — פֿאָרזיצערין; פֿרוי יהודית סולל — גענעראַל דירעקטאָרין פֿון דער נאַציאָנאַלער אינסטאַנץ פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטור; חשובֿער עולם:
ווען כ’בין געווען פֿינף יאָר אַלט, אין בוענאָס־אײַרעס, האָט מיך מײַן מוטער צום ערשטן מאָל...
December 16,1947: Malina’s Jewish Anarchist Play
Judith Malina, co-founder with Julian Beck of the Living Theater in 1947, premiered what she described as “my Jewish anarchist play,” Korach, on this date in 2010. “In retelling the familiar story of Korach as it unfolds...
Der Dibek (The Dybbuk): 100th Anniversary Production
December 2020 marks 100 years since the curtain first rose on the Vilner Troupe's ground-breaking production of Sh. Ansky's Der Dibek (The Dybbuk, or, Between Two Worlds) which theater historian Debra Caplan calls 'the...
Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools
Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin teaching Jewish history and culture as part of the official curriculum—a first in the region and in the North African country, where...
2020 Yiddish Khanike Party / December 13 @ 1:00 PM EST
oin us on Zoom for our Yiddish Khanike Party, with Khanike likhtlekh (candles) and warm greetings from our wonderful teachers and students from all over the world! For this first time ever, this annual event will...
WATCH: Six great Yiddish Hanukkah recordings
מע קען הײַיאָר, צום באַדויערן, ניט פֿאָרן אויף קיין חנוכּה־שׂימחות. פֿון דעס וועגן קען מען פֿאָרט פּראַווען דעם יום־טובֿ אויף אַ הנאהדיקן אופֿן בשעת מע צינדט די ליכטעלעך.
ווי אַזוי קען מען טאַקע שאַפֿן אַ...
Verter fun der Vokh – Khanike
applesauce: דער ע֜פּל־קאָמפּאָ֜ט; דער ע֜פּל־צי֜מעס
candle: דאָס ליכטל, ־עך
dreydl: דאָס דריידל, ־עך
fry: אָ֜פּ)פּרע֜גלען)
frying pan: דאָס פֿענדל, ־עך; די פּאַטע֜לניע, ־ס; די סקאָ֜װראָדע ‹סקאָ֜װערדע›, ־ס
Hanukkah: דער) חנוכּה)
Hanukkah gelt: דאָס חנוכּה־געלט
Happy Hanukkah!: אַ פֿריי֜לעכן חנוכּה!
jelly doughnut/sufganiyah: די פּאָ֜נטשקע, ־ס
Judas Maccabeus: יהודה המכּבי
light the candles: אָ֜נ)צינדן די חנוכּה־ליכט)
The Maccabees: די...
A freylekhn khanike! + Yiddish Song Workshop Package Available for Purchase
As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday - a freylekhn khanike! Here at YAAANA, we are...
December 7, 1831: Judah Leib Gordon, the native of Vilnius also known as Leon...
(1831–1892), the most important Hebrew poet of the nineteenth century; leading figure of the Russian Haskalah movement. Yehudah Leib Gordon was born in Vilna in 1831 and started writing Hebrew poetry at a young age. He soon became close...