Tag: Yiddish

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...

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...

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...

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...

this week's verse דערפאַר איז קראַנק אונדזער האַרץ, איבּער דעם זענען פינצטער אונדזערע אויגן (איכה ה י''ז) transliterated derfar iz krank undzer harts, iber dem zenen fintster undzere oygn in English For this our heart is faint, for these things our...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Mgrr1Nkx0 GOY - The Eurovision 2018 Israeli entry "TOY" Super-jewish cover by Tehila - The Kosher Diva, in Yiddish! About Save the Music Save the Music is the exclusive resource and repository of Jewish Music and Videos including...

What do Jewish foodies talk about when they talk about food? “Meatless mains” to judge by several recent kosher cookbooks. So when one reads in another new kosher cookbook that “It has long been...

YAAANA is excited to be offering a 6-week class exploring Yiddish language and culture through literature, music, theater, and film! This Tuesday (Jan. 16th) is Opening Night and will feature a Yiddish music recital, a Yiddish...

אינעם „פֿאָרווערטס“ האָט דער שרײַבער ציטירט זייער אַ קריטישע רעצענזיע פֿון דער פּען פֿון יצחק באַשעוויס, וואָס צום ביכעלע האָט ער געהאַט נישט איין טענה. דאָ ווילן מיר דערמאָנען בלויז איינע: באַשעוויס האָט זיך...

For decades, a confessional in a church in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius kept a precious secret: a trove of documents offering an unprecedented glimpse into Jewish life in Eastern Europe before and during the Holocaust. The...