Millennial Bundism: An Interview with Isabel Frey
INTRODUCTION
Isabel Frey is a Vienna-based activist and musician who recently released a debut album, Millennial Bundist. Faith Hillis recently caught up with Frey on Zoom to ask about millennials’ rediscovery of the Bund, the place of Yiddish...
Verter fun der Vokh – Impeachment Yet Again
article of impeachment: דער אײַ֜נשולדיק־פּאַראַגראַ֜ף, ־ן
gavel: דאָס הע֜מערל, ־עך
impeach: אײַ֜נשו֜לדיקן; אימפּי֜טשן
be impeachable: ווע֜רט זײַן אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachable offense: דער פֿאַרברע֜כן וואָס איז ווע֜רט אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachment: די אײַ֜נשולדיקונג; דער אימפּי֜טשמענט; דאָס אימפּי֜טשן
incitement of insurrection: <דאָס אוי֜פֿהעצן צו אַ...
A freylekhn khanike! + Yiddish Song Workshop Package Available for Purchase
As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday - a freylekhn khanike! Here at YAAANA, we are...
Verter fun der Vokh – Inauguration
address the nation: ווענדן זיך צום פֿאָלק
administer the oath: משביע זײַן; באַשװע֜רן; (אָ֜פּ)נעמען אַ שבֿועה
call for unity: <אוי֜פֿפֿאָ֜דערן אַחדות <איי֜ניקייט/געא֜ייניקטקייט
chief justice: דער הױ֜פּטריכטער, ־ס
Constitution: די קאָנסטיטו֜ציע
four-year term: די פֿי֜ריאָריקע קאַדע֜נץ, ־ן
inaugural address: די אײַ֜נשװער־רע֜דע,...
Read Sholem Aleichem’s story, “What a Sukkah!” (includes audio)
מע קען זיך צוהערן צו אַנדערע אַרטיקלען פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס פֿאָרגעלייענט דורך שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, ווי אויך אַנדערע פֿאָרווערטס־רעקאָרדירונגען, דורכן קוועטשן דאָ.
פֿאַראַן מענטשן, װאָס האָבן קײן זאַך נישט געלערנט און קאָנען אַלצדינג; אין ערגעץ נישט געװעזענע און...
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...
We are proud to announce our participation in a very special play reading: “It...
Wednesday, October 28TH at 1:00 PM ET
(Viewable through Sunday November 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM)
Debuting on October 28th, Folksbiene will present “It Can’t Happen Here” a dramatization of the 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis that imagines the...
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...
Verter fun der Vokh – Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat: דער חמישה־עשׂר(־בשבֿט); דער ט״ו בשבֿט
New year of the trees: דאָס נײַ֜יאָר פֿון די ביי֜מער; דער ראש־השנה־לאילנות
seven species: זיבן מי֜נים
wheat: דער ווייץ
barley: (דער גערשט, ־ן; פּע֜רלגרויפּן (ל״ר
grape: די (ווײַ֜נ)טרויב, ־ן; דאָס טרײַ֜בעלע, ־ך
fig:...
STM, what we think, what we want, by Theodore Bikel
STM, what we think, what we want as expressed by Theodore Bikel in an interview with Miri Koral, founding director of The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9nDdGANeyg
Spotlight Series: Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel...