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...
Listen and enjoy to “Di Megile” with the Bursteyn family in Itzik Manger’s unique...
Programs on Yiddish literature and culture recorded at Montreal's Jewish Public Library, 1953-2005.
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Mit: איציק מאַנגער | דב זלצר | שמואל בונים
The Megile of Itzik Manger
Featuring: Itzik Manger |...
The Squeaky Door
In honor of the yahrtzeit of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, here is an excerpt from Chapter 13 of the historical novel, “The Lion’s Roar,” the third volume in the “Tevye in the Promised Land” series by...
January 15, 1987: Note Lurie, Yiddish novelist, died
He was born in the old Jewish colony of Roskoshnaia, Zaporozhye (Zaporizhia) district, Ukraine. During a pogrom in 1919, the majority of the residents in the colony were massacred, and he moved with his...
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 World Premiere of a New Zoom Play Korone un der nayer “normal” (Corona and the New “Normal”)
Coming up this Sunday! We are excited to announce the world premiere of a brand new experimental Zoom play Korone un der nayer "normal" (Corona and the New "Normal"). The one-act play is inspired by Leah K. Hofman's 1930's Kraft (Power). The play will be performed in Yiddish. English...
Large archive of Moscow State Yiddish Theater now online
דער „בלאַוואַטניק־אַרכיוו“ האָט לעצטנס געשטעלט אויף דער אינטערנעץ הונדערטער בילדער פֿון חפֿצים פֿאַרבונדן מיט דער געשיכטע פֿונעם מאָסקווער ייִדישן מלוכה־טעטאַער („גאָסעט“). די אַרטיפֿאַקטן, וואָס נעמען אַרײַן הונדערטער פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיעס, סצענאַרן, בראָשורן, צייכענונגען און אַפֿישן, ווי אויך ביכער...
Verter fun der Vokh: דאָס ברױט – Bread
װאָס באַקט זיך בײַ אײַך
What's baking in your oven?
bake (v./imp.): באַקן
bake (v./pf.): אָ֜פּבאַקן; אױ֜סבאַקן
baking pan: דער בעקן, ־ס; דער באַ֜קפֿאַן, ־ען
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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...
Verter fun der Vokh – Gardens feed the soul
Gardens feed the soul // דער גאָרטן דערנערט די נשמה
annual (n.): דאָס אײ֜ניאָרלינג, ־ען; דאָס אײ֜ניאָריקע געװי֜קס, ־ן
blossom (n.): דער קװײט, ־ן; די בלום, ־ען
blossom (v.): קװײ֜טלען; אױ֜פֿבליִען; צעבליִ֜ען זיך
bud (n.): דער קנאָספּ, ־ן;...