April 30, 1985: Mickey Katz, artist and musician whose Yiddish parody “Home on the...
“Novelty” musician Mickey Katz, who specialized in Jewish parodies of American classics (such as “Haym afn Range” and “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Katzkills”), died at 75 in Los Angeles on this date in 1985. Katz...
“Papirosn” (Cigarettes), lyrics by Herman Yablokoff
This song by Herman Yablokoff tells the story of an orphan cigarette vendor who stands in a corner selling "Papirosn" on a cold afternoon in the rain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UYQ0C2cG88&feature=youtu.be
PAPIROSN
פאפיעראסן
A kalte nakht, a nebldike finster umetum
sheyt a...
Verter fun der Vokh: צײַטפֿאַרברענג – Spending time at home
Spending time at home
צײַטפֿאַרברענג
make an art project: מאַכן אַ קו֜נסטפּראָיע֜קט
browse social media/the internet: בלע֜טערן די סאָציאַ֜לע מע֜דיע/די אי֜נטערנעץ
clean the house: אוי֜פֿראַמען ‹צו֜ראַמען/צו֜ראָמען/צו֜
וימען› דאָס הויז
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“My shvester Jaye” by Binem Heller, recited by Hadassa Kestin and performed by dozens...
My shvester Jaye, by Binem Heller read by Hadassa Kestin.
A mixture with its reading and its translation for your benefit, since not everyone has a poem written for a cousin that they have never...
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, by Binem Heller
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, escrito por Binem Heller, declamado por Hadassa Kestin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGmHz5U70E
Listen: Programs on Yiddish literature and culture recorded at Montreal's Jewish Public Library, 1953-2005, click here.
Binem Heller
Binem Heller was a...
“Zog Nit Keynmol,” performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus
Zog Nit Keynmol Az du Gueist Dem Letztn Veg…
Never say that you are walking on your last road…
With these words starts the song written by Hirsh Glick in the Vilna Forest for the Partisans.
With time, the...
Verter fun der Vokh: די װי֜דעאָ־זי֜צונג – Video Conference
conference call: דער בציבור־קלונג, ־ען
join a meeting: צו֜שטיין צו אַ זי֜צונג; אַרײַ֜נטרעטן אין אַ זי֜צונג
meeting ID: די זי֜צונג־אידע֜נטיפֿיקאַ֜ציע
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Scott Hilton Davis presents: Celebrating Jacob Dinezon On His 100th Yortsayt
Who was Jacob Dinezon, the Yiddish writer who in his day outshone even Sholem Aleichem?
Scott Hilton Davis tells his remarkable personal journey with the rediscovery of Jacob Dinezon, the great humanist and writer, who...
How to translate Yiddish Humor into Japanese… Without losing your Punchline!
Prof. Yoshiji Hirose is an internationally recognized expert in Jewish American literature, and in Yiddish literature in particular. In addition to an impressive list of publications which critically examine the works of Jewish authors,...
Kolya Borodulin presents: Birobidzhan – An Incredible Dream At The Far Reaches Of The...
Ek Velt - An Incredible Dream At The Far Reaches Of The World<
ק װעלט׃ די פֿאַרכאַפּנדיקע מעשׂה פֿון ייִדיש אין ביראָבידזשאַן
Please join us for the fascinating story of Birobidzhan — a remote and forbidding...