Yiddish Social Distancing
So how have you been spending YOUR time?
A number of friends in the New York Yiddish world have complained that being locked up has given us all such a wealth of online activities that...
Chana Roth – “Shtil Di Nakht’ (Partisan’s song in Yiddish)
This is a Partisan's song - a partizaner lid - composed by H.Glik and performed in circa mid-60's by Israeli singer Hannah/Chana Roth. SHTIL DI NAKHT in yiddish means "The night is still". From...
Broadway is dark, but NYTF will bring the stage to you
Starting this week, the longest consecutively producing theatre in the U.S. and the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company is launching Folksbiene LIVE! – an online celebration of Yiddish culture featuring livestreamed theater, American Jewish...
A Yiddish song of hope during the coronavirus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRIWbcSAHxE
הרבֿ יואל ראָטה איז באַקאַנט דעם חסידישן עולם קודם ווי אַ בראַצלאַווער רבֿ, וואָס פֿירט אָן מיט דער וויליאַמסבורגער ישיבֿה „תּפֿארת התּורה‟. ראָטהס ישיבֿה איז באַרימט ווי אַן אָרט, וווּ בחורים וואָס פּאַסן זיך...
All YIVO online classes are now free of charge
אַלע ייִוואָ־קורסן אויף דער אינטערנעץ זענען איצט בחינם
מחמת אַלע זענען פֿאַרשפּאַרט צוליבן קאָראָנאַווירוס, האָט דער ייִוואָ באַשלאָסן צו אַנולירן דעם שׂכר־לימוד פֿאַר אַלע זײַנע אינטערנעץ־קורסן.
”דער ייִוואָ וויל אונדז דערמוטיקן און צושטעלן קלאַסן און מאַטעריאַלן...
Gevalt in Our Stars
A Brief History of Yiddish Astrologic Practices
In a striking Rosh Hashanah greeting card from the early 1900s, an angelic figure festooned with flowers directs a group of children to look skyward: “Children! You are...
Matzo Order and Shipping Updates from Yiddish Farm
In light of the current public health situation we have decided to cancel our Riverdale, Brooklyn and JCC Manhattan pick up locations. If you have ordered for pick up in either of those locations...
March 13, 1921: Al Jaffe, the cartoonist who made MAD magazine famous, was born
Al Jaffee, whose 64-year career with MAD magazine makes him its longest-running artist, was born in Savannah, Georgia on this date in 1921. He spent six years living in Lithuania in a Yiddish-speaking environment before returning...
Verter fun der Vokh: קאָראָ֜נאַ-ווי֜רוס – Coronavirus
Coronavirus
דער קאָראָ֜נאַ־ווי֜רוס
contagious: קלע֜פּיק; אָ֜נשטעק(עװד)יק
It's contagious: <מע קען זיך אָ֜ננעמען <אָ֜נשטעקן/זאַראַ֜זען
Coronavirus: דער קאָראָ֜נאַ־ווי֜רוס
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Spend your Valentine’s Day with YAAANA
Dear Yiddish Enthusiast,
This post is a reminder of our special Valentine’s Day celebration which is happening tomorrow night! We will welcome Shabbat and then talk about love traditions and vocabulary in Yiddishland.
Hear Eros entice...