Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi nominated for “2020 San Diego Music Awards” – Please...
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Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi have been nominated for a SD Music Award in the " Best World Music" category. Please take a moment and vote for us. You can vote more than once...
The origin of East European Ashkenazim via a southern route
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...
Verter fun der Vokh: די איי֜ער – Eggs
candle the eggs: אוי֜סקלאָרן <אוי֜סקלערן> די איי֜ער
crack an egg: צעשפּאַ֜לטן <אָ֜נקלאַפּן> אַן אײ
cracked: צעשפּאָ֜לטן
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Discover the exciting world of Yiddish at YIVO this summer!
Learn Yiddish at YIVO in New York City this Summer!
June 29 – August 7, 2020
Spend six-to-nine weeks immersed in Yiddish and discover 1,000 years of Jewish history.
Delve into the riches of the Yiddish language...
Q&A: A Yiddish-speaking gumshoe with a tapping toe
Gale Kissin, 67, wears several hats. She not only sings and plays guitar and percussion in Mama Loshn, the Yiddish revival band she co-founded, but she’s spent decades working with attorneys as a private investigator. Though...
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” in Yiddish!
On YouTube in honor of today's December 16th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven here's the Yiddish adaptation and the new choral adaptation of his "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony
"Brider" ("Brothers")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7F1K5m5A4
Performed by the...
Beethoven’s “Ale Brider” oif Yiddish
Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915)
Original music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7F1K5m5A4
Filmed live in performance
November 1, 2015 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus
Binyumen Schaechter, conductor
Shinae Kim, pianist
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Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org
Contact: information@TheJPPC.org
“Oyfn vegh shteit a boym”, lullaby in Yiddish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os5UeFjBFTs
On the way stands a tree
He stands grown
All birds from the tree
Went up and flown
Three turn to the west, three to the east
And the rest to South
And the tree was left alone
Vacant for the...