Tag: Yiddish
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
For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter...
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
For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"
This Week’s Proverbs and Story
this week's proverbs
האַלט נישט דעם רב ווי אַ מלאך, וועסטו אים מוחל זײַן דעם פעלער פון אַילוד-אשה... (פון אַ פּשוטן מענטש).
transliterated
halt nit dem rov vi a malakh, vestu em moykhl zayn dem feler fun a yelid-i'sho (fun a poshutn mentsh)
in English
don't think of your Rabbi as...
YIDDISH: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. I & II
Now, for a limited time only (until Sept. 30), the CDs that accompany my textbook Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. I and II will be available at a greatly reduced...
World Jewish Congress to co-host international conference on Yiddish culture and language
The location of this year’s event is particularly noteworthy, as Czernowitz is the home of the very first international Yiddish Language Conference, convened 110 years ago as the first non-party confab to deal with...
A Taste of Yiddish 8.43
this week's proverbs
מיט זכות אבות בּאַצאָלט מען נישט קײַן חובות
transliterated
mit zekhus avos batsolt men nit kayn khoyves
in English
with ancestral merits you can't pay back your debts
in Hebrew
עם זכות אבות לא משלמים חובות
and this
אַ דאַנק...