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Meet Joc Pederson

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Dodger fans have been aching for a World Series Championship since 1988 when they beat the Oakland Athletics in 5 games. This was the series where Kirk Gibson hit his infamous homerun in game 1. Dodger...

Malpes Mit Tzeklapte Kep (Monkeys and head injuries), song based on “Five Little Monkeys...

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A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina. Monkeys and head injuries - Based on the famed  rhythmic poem ' 5 little monkey's jumping on the bed... ', it makes for an arithmetical...

Moti Giladi: ‘My Way’ in Yiddish (2007)

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Moti Giladi sings “My Way” in Yiddish (Mayn veg) at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw: “Singer’s Warsaw” in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. The festival, which has been taking place since 2004, is named after...
Ephraim Moses Lilien [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Parashat Beresheet בְּרֵאשִׁית

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The first word in the Torah is Beresheet “בראשית“ a Divine word that encompass many acronyms and hidden celestial concepts within its letters. Our Sages say that all 613 Mitzvot derive from this one,...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City’s Battery Park (Photo: Wikipedia)

Auschwitz artifacts to go on exhibit in New York City

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has announced plans to present the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever exhibited in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not...

Jewish Life Television Mourns the Passing of Its Founder, Phil Blazer

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We are saddened by the passing of our founder, Phil Blazer, on August 25, 2020 in Burbank, California, at the age of 76. Phil Blazer's broadcasting career began at the age of 21 when legendary...

SaveTheMusic Presents: Rivkele, a Yiddish Tango

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Rivkele, Rebeka Music: Z.Białostocki, Yiddish text: unknown vocal: Olga Avigail, piano: Hadrian Tabęcki, bandoneon: Grzegorz Bożewicz, guitar: Piotr Malicki Performed in Cultural Center Wilanów Warsaw …(from Polish Jewish Cabaret): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSFSYqqfOk The tango Rebeka was perhaps Polish Jewish composer Zygmunt Białostocki’s...

February 14, 1896: Theodor Herzl Published “The Jewish State” (Der Judenstaat)

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Der Judenstaat (German, literally The Jews' State, commonly rendered as The Jewish State) is a pamphlet written by Theodor Herzl and published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It...

Meet Diego Schwartzman, the best Jewish tennis player on earth

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When Wimbledon starts next week, no other Jewish tennis player will be seeded higher than Diego Schwartzman. The scrappy 24-year-old from Argentina, fresh off an impressive five-set duel with perennial star Novak Djokovic at the...

September 10, 1947: Al Rosen, “The Hebrew Hammer”, played in his first major...

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Al Rosen, third baseman and slugger with the Cleveland Indians for the entirety of his ten-year career, played in his first major league game on this date in 1947. Rosen had already acquired the...