Tag: Yiddish
WATCH: Six great Yiddish Hanukkah recordings
מע קען הײַיאָר, צום באַדויערן, ניט פֿאָרן אויף קיין חנוכּה־שׂימחות. פֿון דעס וועגן קען מען פֿאָרט פּראַווען דעם יום־טובֿ אויף אַ הנאהדיקן אופֿן בשעת מע צינדט די ליכטעלעך.
ווי אַזוי קען מען טאַקע שאַפֿן אַ...
Verter fun der Vokh – Khanike
applesauce: דער ע֜פּל־קאָמפּאָ֜ט; דער ע֜פּל־צי֜מעס
candle: דאָס ליכטל, ־עך
dreydl: דאָס דריידל, ־עך
fry: אָ֜פּ)פּרע֜גלען)
frying pan: דאָס פֿענדל, ־עך; די פּאַטע֜לניע, ־ס; די סקאָ֜װראָדע ‹סקאָ֜װערדע›, ־ס
Hanukkah: דער) חנוכּה)
Hanukkah gelt: דאָס חנוכּה־געלט
Happy Hanukkah!: אַ פֿריי֜לעכן חנוכּה!
jelly doughnut/sufganiyah: די פּאָ֜נטשקע, ־ס
Judas Maccabeus: יהודה המכּבי
light the candles: אָ֜נ)צינדן די חנוכּה־ליכט)
The Maccabees: די...
A freylekhn khanike! + Yiddish Song Workshop Package Available for Purchase
As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday - a freylekhn khanike! Here at YAAANA, we are...
Four happy songs with Bodo
Recently, the young Yiddishist and movie lover Aaron Bendich uploaded to YouTube some disco songs in Yiddish from the Israeli film, "When you give, you take."
Until recently, almost no one outside of Israel saw...
The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan
The latest in our Youtube series "Gehert a Mayse!/Have you heard?" is live!
The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan
In the summer of 2007, Sheva Zucker, editor of Afn Shvel from 2005-2020, was invited to teach Yiddish...
Last Day for Discount on Yiddish Winter Program! + Info on Donating to YAAANA...
Happy December! This newsletter will be brief but contains a couple of important pieces of information. First, the last day to purchase a discounted registration package for the Not Your Usual Intensive Winter Yiddish...
The magic of Kadya Molodwsky’s children’s poetry – now in English
A new bilingual edition of Kadya Molodowsky’s enchanting Yiddish children’s poetry was recently published in Sweden. Edited and masterfully translated into English by Yaira Singer, “Through an Endless Stretch of Land” makes some of the most...
100th anniversary of The Dybbuk to be celebrated with virtual production on December 14...
This month marks the 100th anniversary of THE DYBBUK, the world’s most famous Jewish play, by S. Ansky. The Congress for Jewish Culture is celebrating this historically significant milestone with a virtual presentation of...
A freylekhn danktog! + Last Week for Discount on our Intensive Yiddish Language and...
A freylekhn danktog!
The YAAANA team would like to wish you and your family a very warm, happy, and safe Thanksgiving. In the spirit of giving thanks, we would also like to extend our gratitude...