New anthology of contemporary Yiddish poetry
די סעריע „ביבליאָטעק פֿון דער הײַנטצײַטיקער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור‟, וואָס ווערט אַרויסגעגעבן דורך דער „נאַציאָנאַלער אינסטאַנץ פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטור‟ אין ישׂראל, איז שוין אַן עיקרדיקער פּראָיעקט פֿונעם הײַנטיקן ייִדיש־שפּראַכיקן דרוקוועזן.
במשך פֿון די לעצטע פּאָר יאָר...
Kafe d’alegria
Uno de los simbolos de la kultura turka es el "kafe turko" ke oy ya es konosido en el mundo entero. Ma, kon el dezvelopamiento de la gastronomia mundiala, de mizmo ke munchos platos...
Earliest mosaic of Jonah and the whale found in Galilee synagogue
Unprecedented depictions of the biblical Jonah and the whale have been found at a fifth-century Roman synagogue in Israel’s lower Galilee. In the recently discovered mosaic, Jonah’s legs are shown dangling from the mouth...
Lying like a rug: An artist finds perspective in the carpets of her Druze...
For painter Fatma Shanan, the woven ornamental rug, a fixture of the Druze home, is a symbol of family, tradition and community.
It also features prominently in her body of work, which is currently the...
The Jewish songwriter behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
All this week, Jewniverse is honoring Black History Month with some of our favorite stories from the archives.
The song “Strange Fruit,” one of the most haunting jazz ballads of the past century, was made...
The Jewish songwriter behind Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
All this week, Jewniverse is honoring Black History Month with some of our favorite stories from the archives.
The song “Strange Fruit,” one of the most haunting jazz ballads of the past century, was made famous...
Las kriaturas ke no kresieron
Las kriaturas ke no kresieron
En una ekspozision dokumentala
por los anyos males de la Shoa,
de la stampa me miravan ojos sin kulpa,
kriaturas- flakas komo solombras,
muriendo de ambre- komiendo yervas.
Estas kriaturas no kresieron.
Las entosegaron, las mataron,...
Lesyones ke devemos aplikarlas en la vida
No estes tanto siguro de ti i de tu rikeza,
No se save un dia komo puedra ser tu meza.
No mires a tener borraches por tu buena fama,
Un dia seras olvidado, ninguno te ama.
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Palmas i...
Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
One of the world’s most confounding literary mysteries may finally be, in part, solved: the author of the mysterious and as-yet untranslatable Voynich manuscript has been identified as a Jewish physician based in northern Italy, an...
Jewish exhibit now open in West Hartford
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford opened the traveling exhibit "From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America," at the Mandell JCC on June 28.
Michael Feldberg, who curated the exhibit...