Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Jewish Singer Sings “Der Rebbe Elimelech” on Mongolian TV
We thought we'd seen it all when we posted videos of Hava Nagila on a Thailand TV show and Abanibi on a Spanish TV show.
But this week we came across a video of the...
National Museum of American Jewish History show about 1917 has violence, revolution, refugees
The United States enters a war overseas, and people are dying and fleeing their besieged lands.
Unrest ripples across Russia. Tensions brew in the Middle East.
Immigrants find themselves unwanted in America, targets of surveillance, arrest,...
10,000 Hard-Boiled Eggs and the Art of Pedro Friedeberg
Most Sundays, Pedro Friedeberg spends $50 to $100 buying junk in La Lagunilla, Mexico City’s massive flea market. Whatever he happens to find there—let’s say, a midget-sized Superman figure or a Simpsons-themed chess-set—will either...
From ‘Diaspora’ to ‘Jewish People’
eit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv is commonly translated as the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora.
This is the name that appears on many English websites for travelers. In the last few years, however, the museum...
Watch Hollywood’s Greatest Movie Moments in Yiddish
The Yidlife Crisis duo, Jamie Elman & Eli Batalion, are back again with another hysterical video. This time, they took popular movies and dubbed over the classic scenes in Yiddish. The result? Hilariousness–and a much-needed...
Review: ‘Genius,’ a Portrait of the Man Behind the Equation
National Geographic, a network hoping to fashion itself a new image, has invested quite a lot in “Genius,” its first scripted series, which begins on Tuesday night. The commitment has paid off admirably.
Judging from...
Biblioteca Ets Haim
In the late 1500s and early 1600s, as Sephardic Jews were establishing a community in Amsterdam, they founded a school for themselves that would become the oldest continuously operating Jewish library in the world.Top...
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Don't miss this "truly unique piece” -Toronto Star
A Night in the Old Marketplace
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NY Premiere, 2 Nights Only!
Thursday May 4, 2017 at 8 PM
Saturday May 6, 2017 at 9:30 PM
WHERE Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond...
אַבֿרהם רייזען Avrom Reisen
אַבֿרהם רייזען (1876־1953) — פּאָעט, דערציילער
https://youtu.be/SkiijO83jQQ
Get ready for Jewish Music Week in Toronto
Best Festival Ever!
May 21 - 28, 2017
Program Guide coming out next week, and complete Calendar
of Events will be posted at www.jewishmusicweek.com
on Friday, April 20.
Here are some of the highlights:
Rocky Mountain Jewgrass
Sunday May...