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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...

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....

Join us as we kick off a special five-part book discussion series focusing on the immigrant experience through the lens of Yiddish literature. The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading and Discussion program...

Hello everyone, 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...

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...

candle the eggs: אוי֜סקלאָרן <אוי֜סקלערן> די איי֜ער crack an egg: צעשפּאַ֜לטן <אָ֜נקלאַפּן> אַן אײ cracked: צעשפּאָ֜לטן For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"

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...

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...

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...

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 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejppc Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org Contact: information@TheJPPC.org