Tag: Yiddish

Chava Rosenfarb (1923-2011) was one of the most prominent Yiddish novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Poland in 1923, she survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, immigrating to Canada...

Electricity די עלעקטרע bulb: דאָס לעמפּל, ־⁠עך electric current: דער עלע֜קטרישער שטראָם, ־⁠ען energy-saving: ענע֜רגיע־⁠שפּאָ֜ר(עװד)יק For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"

For centuries Yiddish was the vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, and Prague a widely known center of Jewish culture and the Yiddish language. But what is Yiddish? How and where did it arise? What characteristics distinguish...

HAVEN'T BOUGHT TICKETS YET? YOU'RE KIDDING! ?ביסט מעשיגע THE LABOR OF LIFE BY HANOCH LEVIN TRANSLATED BY ELI ROSEN IN YISDDISH WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES JANUARY 17, 18 24. 25 7:30 PM JANUARY 19, 26 AT 3 PM ROSE AND CYRUS FELDMAN STUDIO 315 W. 39 STREET 902 This...

Fire שׂרפֿה brush fire: די געקו֜סט־שׂרפֿה, ־ות bunker gear/personal protective equipment: שיץ־מלבושים, ל״ר; די שי֜צקלײדונג bush fire: דאָס/דער ווי֜לדפֿײַער, ־ן; די װאַ֜לד־שׂרפֿה, ־ות For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmaeI5CVdHY דער אַלבאָם „ייִדישע פּראַכט‟, אַ פּראָיעקט פֿון ד׳׳ר אַנאַ שטערנשיס צוזאַמען מיט אַ גרופּע מוזיקער און די זינגער פּסאָי קאָראָלענקאָ און סאָפֿי מילמאַן, האָט באַקאַנט געמאַכט פֿאַרן ברייטן עולם מיט אַ ריי ייִדיש־שפּראַכיקע לידער, וואָס...

Moti Giladi sings “My Way” in Yiddish (Mayn veg) at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw: “Singer’s Warsaw” in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. The festival, which has been taking place since 2004, is named after...

פֿון אַלטן אַוו‮עק, צום נײַעם פֿאָרויס! מיר ווינטשן אײַך אַלעמען אַ גוט יאָר, אַ ‮גליקלעך יאָר, און – צום סאַמע וויכטיקס‮טן – אַ געזונט יאָר! Out with the old, in with the new! We wish you all a good...

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...

Dear Friends, As many of you already know, the League for Yiddish has big news. After 15 years, our devoted executive director/editor-in-chief of Afn Shvel Sheva Zucker is retiring. Sheva was instrumental in reshaping Afn Shvel into the beautiful...