A new class series – Yiddish for Advanced Students
This course is for those who already read and speak Yiddish fluently and want to deepen their knowledge and learn some pitshevkes of the Yiddish structures, its history, and dialects. We will look in...
Our special event for Mexican Jews: Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico
Yiddish-Meksikanish: Exploring Yiddish Poetry in Mexico.
Mexico City was a lively center of Yiddish culture, art, and education and it was the destination for tens of thousands of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi Jewish immigrants in the...
Verter fun der Vokh: די נאָז – Nose
Noses
נעזער
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aquiline/Roman nose: די אָ֜דלערנאָז
bridge of the nose: דער נאָ֜זרוקן
bulbous nose: די ניאָ֜ניע; די בו֜לבענאָז
For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"
זומינאַר: פֿאַר וואָס זענען ייִדישע לידער הײַנט אַזוי פּאָפּולער?
במשך פֿון די לעצטע עטלעכע חדשים האָבן אָנלײַן־קאָנצערטן פֿון ייִדישן געזאַנג צוגעצויגן טויזנטער צוהערער. כּדי בעסער צו פֿאַרשטיין דעם פֿענאָמען וועט שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, די רעדאַקטאָרין פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס, אָנפֿירן מיט אַ פּאַנעל פֿון באַקאַנטע ייִדישע...
This New Beatles Yiddish Cover Is Making Us Feel Fine
The Chicago-based a cappella music group Listen Up! has given us some really great music, from this “Old Town Road” remix using the words of Dror Yikra, to this great a cappella cover of Matishyahu’s “Shine On You!”
The band...
Verter fun der Vokh: Puzzles
across (in crossword): האָריזאָנטאַ֜ל
acrostic: דער אַקראָסטי֜ך, ־ן
anagram: די אַנאַגראַ֜ם, ־ען
For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"
WATCH: ‘‘We Shall Overcome’’ sung in Yiddish
אין ליכט פֿון די באַנײַטע פּראָטעסטן לטובֿת די רעכט פֿון אַפֿריקאַנער אַמעריקאַנער, איז כּדאַי ווידער זיך צוצוהערן צום רירנדיקן נוסח פֿונעם הימען פֿון דער אַמעריקאַנער בירגעררעכט־באַוועגונג „מיר וועלן איבערלעבן“, וואָס מיישקע אַלפּערט, פֿראַנק לאָנדאָן...
Yiddish Children’s Songs of Y. L. Peretz and Moses Milner
Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series
The Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series is made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of Sidney Krum.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from...
Yiddish events in San Diego this week
Following the deeply disturbing killings of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, Breonna Taylor on March 13, Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, and countless other Black Americans throughout our history, we would like to...
The ventriloquist who teaches Yiddish
Jonathan Geffner and his puppet partners have enchanted audiences of all ages and sizes throughout the USA and beyond. They have appeared on the nationally seen television programs: Late Night (NBC), Hour Magazine (FOX),...