Tag: Yiddish
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...
Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48...
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....
Kirk Douglas Receives Lifetime Achievement Award | Sings Yiddish | 2002
Celebrating the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre and 100 Years of Yiddish Theatre
Presented by: Governor and Mrs. George E. Pataki, The State of New York
With: Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Master of Ceremonies: Eli Wallach
Lifetime...
“Coming to America” Reading Groups for Public Libraries—Yiddish Literature in Translation
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...
“Harry Potter” series receives official Yiddish translation
Harry Potter Un Der Filosofisher Shteyn
This translation would not have been possible if not for the efforts of four committed colleagues: Yankl-Peretz Blum, whose linguistic guidance significantly leveled up the quality of the text;...
Verter fun der Vokh: די איי֜ער – Eggs
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"
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...
WATCH: Benjy Fox-Rosen performs Bardichever’s lament, “Doina”
ווען בענדזשי פֿאָקס־ראָזען האָט פֿאַרלאָזט ניו־יאָרק און זיך באַזעצט אין ווין מיט אַ פֿיר־פֿינף יאָר צוריק, האָט די ניו־יאָרקער קלעזמער־סבֿיבֿה פֿאַרלוירן איינער פֿון זײַנע נאָוואַטאָרישסטע זינגער און קאָמפּאָזיטאָרן. צום גליק קען מען, אַ דאַנק...
Yiddish radio show commemorates 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation
די וואָך איז געוואָרן 75 יאָר זינט די סאָוועטן האָבן באַפֿרײַט אוישוויץ. כּדי צו באַערן די קרבנות פֿונעם חורבן און די וואָס האָבן איבערגעלעבט דעם נאַצישן גיהנום, האָבן אַ צאָל פּרעזידענטן, פּרעמיערן און דיפּלאָמאַטן...
David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past...
David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past in Modern Yiddish Literature,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry 12 (1996): 55-77.
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