Mis vakansas en la montanya
Saludos a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina.
Komo ya...
History of Cork’s Jewish community to be commemorated
The Jews of Cork may have lost their synagogue last year but the story of how Leeside became home to a small, thriving Jewish community in the early half of the 20th century is...
My Old Kentoki Home
According to conventional non-wisdom, American Jewish literature started in a Lower East Side sweatshop and then migrated to New Jersey, where it has remained until Philip Roth’s retirement. Of course, reading this way necessitates...
Rating Jerusalem Film Festival entries
Michal and I eagerly look forward to the Jerusalem Film Festival, held every summer in Israel’s capital. This year was no exception. When possible, we try to book an extended stay in this unique...
Touring Israeli Historical Places With ESRA
KFAR SABA, Israel — Michal and I recently enjoyed a day trip organized by ESRA, the English Speaking Residents Association. ESRA provides numerous social activities for Israelis who are comfortable speaking English while funding...
Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art kicks off with theme of dispute
The fourth Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, which explores the intersection between contemporary art and the Jewish world of content, kicked off this week with the theme “For Heaven’s Sake,” exploring motivation for action...
Jewish Folk Chorus celebrates Yiddish music — and Yiddish values
hen the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco started way back in 1926, all of the singers, not to mention most of the audience, understood the Yiddish lyrics they were singing.
“It was a Yiddish-speaking group at...
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, led for the first time by an Israeli, conquers New York’s...
In a grand send-off, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) completed its first tour in three years with a performance at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall on Monday.
The tour marked the first under its newest...
(שנירלעך (דערציילונג
..."זיץ! זיץ! עס װעט נעמען בלויז אייניקע מינוטן".
דער שוסטער שטעלט אַװעק פֿאַר מיר אַ פּוס-בענקעלע בײַם אַרײַנגאַנג אין זיין קליינער קראָם.
קלאָר, אַז מײַנע שיך זײַנען נישט פֿאַרטיק. ער קען נישט פֿאַרריכטן קײן שיך אויב...
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...