Tag: Yiddish
Benyumen Shekhter Foundation now accepting grant proposals
The Benyumen Shekhter Foundation for the Advancement of Standard Yiddish is now accepting grant proposals.
We are seeking well-structured initiatives that encourage people to actively speak, read and write in Yiddish.
Previous projects have included online...
How Sweden Became the Epicenter of Yiddish Children’s Media
In 1999, Yiddish was declared an official national minority language in Sweden, alongside Finnish, Romani, Meänkieli, and the Sami languages. There’s federal funding in Sweden for media produced in all its national minority languages—so Sweden, of all...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער קלימאַ֜טן־בײַט : Climate change
Climate change
דער קלימאַ֜טן־בײַט
carbon footprint: די קוי֜לנשטאָף־שפּור
climate change: דער קלימאַ֜טן־בײַט
freeze (vi.): פֿאַרפֿרױ֜רן װערן
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“Shtisel” Opens Up New Possibilities For the Yiddish Theater Read more: http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/215629/shtisel-opens-up-new-possibilities-for-the-yiddish/#ixzz5s51XqJdq
די אומגעריכטע הצלחה פֿון „פֿידלער אויפֿן דאַך אויף ייִדיש‟ האָט, סוף־כּל־סוף, געוויזן דער וועלט אַז דער טעאַטער־עולם איז גרייט און וויליק צו זען אַ מיוזיקל וווּ דער דיאַלאָג און די לידער זענען אין גאַנצן...
Netflix Begins Production on Part-Yiddish Series ‘Unorthodox’
'Deutschland 83' Actress Maria Schrader Set to Direct
ROBERT MITCHELL
Netflix has announced the start of production on its Yiddish- and English-language German series “Unorthodox,” which is shooting in Berlin. The streaming giant is partnering with “Deutschland...
Yiddish Glossary for Goyim: The Power Shmoozer’s Guide to Hollywood
In the era of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, movie moguls tended to spice their jargon with expressions from the colorful vernacular of their pushcart-peddling forebears. The euphony of Yiddish is a tradition...
Verter fun der Vokh: װאַלן – Elections
ניצט אויס אײַ֜ער שטי֜מרעכט!
Exercise your right to vote!
absentee ballot: דער פֿאַרפֿע֜לער־צעטל, ־ען
ballot: דער שטי֜מצעטל, ־ען; די שטים, ־ען
board of elections: דער שטי֜מאַמט
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Do Not Remove a Fly From Your Friend’s Forehead With an Ax…” and Other...
this week's proverbs
פאַרטרײַבּ נישט די פליג פון דײַן פרײַנדס שטערן מיט אַ האַק
transliterated
fartrayb nit di flig fun dayn fraynd's shtern mit a hak
in English
do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with an...
Yiddish Vocabulary for Thanksgiving Weekend
tourism // טוריזם // TURÍZM
admission fee: דאָס אַרײַ֜נטריט־געלט; דאָס אַרײַ֜נגעלט
audio tour: דער אוידיאָטו֜ר, ־ן
ecotourism: דער עקאָטורי֜זם
exhibition: די אױ֜סשטעלונג, ־ען
guide (person): דער פֿי֜רער, ־ס; דער מדריך, ־ים
museum: דער מוזײ֜, ־ען
package tour: דער פּע֜קלטור, ־ן
reservation: די...
Verter fun der Vokh: בינען – Bees
Bees
בינען
bee: די בין, ־ען
beehive: דער בי֜נשטאָק, ־ן
beekeeper: דער בי֜נער, ־ס; דער בי֜נען־ציִ֜ער, ־ס
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