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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Today at 11AM (San Diego) 1PM (Mexico City) 2PM (MIAMI): Festival leyenkrayz – Kafka’s...

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Here is the reminder of our Thursday program which is done in collaboration wit Yungtruf. We are looking forward to seeing you! If you have any questions regarding connecting or participating, feel free to...

The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan

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The latest in our Youtube series "Gehert a Mayse!/Have you heard?" is live! The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan In the summer of 2007, Sheva Zucker, editor of Afn Shvel from 2005-2020, was invited to teach Yiddish...

The origin of East European Ashkenazim via a southern route

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Two populations are mentioned in the literature as ancestors of the Eastern European Ashkenazim: German Jews and Khazars. A German origin is not demographically possible, a Khazarian origin can also not be proven and...

Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48...

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Less than 48 hours after the Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies....

Chava Rosenfarb – The Tree of Life – Volume 1 – חװה ראָזענפֿאַרב –...

דוד קאַץ שטעלט פֿאָר, לייענט און פֿאַרטײַטשט, דאָס ערשטע קאַפּיטל פֿון חיים גראַדעס קלאַסישן ראָמאַן װעגן דער מוסר־באַװעגונג, צמח אַטלאַס: די ישיבֿה. פֿאַרשרײַבט זיך איצטער אין קאַנאַל און לאָמיר־זשע לייענען און דיסקוטירן װײַטער דאָס מײַסטערװערק פֿון...

4th of July Yiddish Music

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The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus (formerly Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) ‮דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July "Star-Spangled Banner" in Yiddish (with reverse translation back into English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxCkt-HsHw&list=UUbCGJxhJOEDDlHxZqhp4cgQ&index=22 "America the Beautiful"...

Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in Yiddish

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In a new video produced by the Forverts, Berlin-based Yiddish singer and songwriter Daniel Kahn performs his own recent Yiddish translation of Bob Dylan’s 1967 song, “I Shall Be Released”. Kahn, lead singer of the...

Megillah Cycle, by Itzik Manger (Megile-lider)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOaYp996lg A new dramatization of Itzik Manger's famous Megillah Cycle, directed by and featuring Mike Burstyn with Shane Baker; Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman of YidLife Crisis; Avi Hoffman; Daniel Kahn; Lia Koenig; Noah Mitchel;...

In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money

די חסידישע געמיינדע אין ניו יארק פירט שוין לאנגע יארן איינע פון די גרעסטע פּריוואטע מוסדות אין ניו יארק אויף אירע אייגענע באדינגונגען, זיך קעגנשטעלנדיג סיי וועלכע דרויסנדיגע איבערזיכט אויף די לימודי חול וואס...

WATCH: Jimmy Buffett in Yiddish (“Come to me”)

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WATCH: Jimmy Buffett in Yiddish (“Come to me”) Click here to read full article.    דער אַמעריקאַנער פּאָעט און זינגער דזשימי באָפֿעט איז באַקאַנט ווי אַ מחבר פֿון טשיקאַווע לידער, וואָס האָבן אָפֿט צו טאָן מיט משקה און סעקס....