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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Hanukkah’s profile has grown over the years due to its proximity to Christmas. It’s also true that because of this nearness, it is the Jewish holiday the...
Sylvan Adams donates $30 million for new emergency department in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Sourasky-Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv announced a new emergency medicine department to be named after philanthropist Sylvan Adams, who donated NIS 100 million (more than $30 million) for its establishment.
The donation was...
Palestinian Authority teaches kids to identify as ‘refugees’
Palestinian children born decades after Israel’s establishment in 1948 are being educated by the authorities in Ramallah to envision themselves as residents of the cities “stolen by the Jews” and as “refugees” temporarily living...
California Dreamin’ in Yiddish
California Dreamin’ in Yiddish with beatboxing and a flute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtilRqkbfQY
מיר איז תּמיד אינטערעסאַנט, ווען מענטשן זעצן איבער פּאָפּולערע אַמעריקאַנער לידער אויף ייִדיש, בפֿרט ווען עס גייט אַ רייד וועגן אַ ליד, וואָס האָט ניט קיין...
Grave of Samuel Cohen, composer of Hatikvah is restored
Shmuel Cohen, or Sam Cohen to us less Yiddish aware, is a relatively common Jewish name. There are 708 Sam Cohens in just California and New York alone. There is only one Shmuel Cohen...
SaveTheMusic presents: “Mu Asapru, mu adabru”
Here is a classic Passover song which can be a fun challenge in counting backwards in Yiddish after drinking wine.
מה אספּרה, מה אדברה אותך
װער קען זאָגן, װער קען רעדן װאָס די 1 באַטײַט
איינער איז...
On the eve of the elections: “America the Beautiful’’ in Yiddish
מיט די אַלע ערנסטע שפּאַנונגען אין דער אַמעריקאַנער געזעלשאַפֿט, איז גרינג די טעג צו זײַן ציניש. אַז איך גיב אָבער אַ קוק אויף די מיליאָנען מענטשן וואָס וואַרטן שעהען לאַנג כּדי אָנטייל צו נעמען...
Jave Alberstein sings “Hey Tziguele”
Jave Alberstein sings a shepherd’s mournful song to his goats
פֿאַראַכטאָגן האָט מען געשטעלט אויף יוטוב אַ ווידעאָ, אין וועלכן חווה אַלבערשטיין זינגט מרדכי געבירטיגס „היי ציגעלעך“ אַקאַפּעלאַ אויף אַ קאָנצערט אין דײַטשלאַנד אין 1989....
‘Mixed Marriage,’ a one-act play
Written after the contentious election in 2016, my one-act play Mixed Marriage was a winner in the 4th Annual SDC JCC Five Minute Shorts and has even more relevance today.
It all started when I heard of...
For Jewish Republicans, it’s all about ‘Florida, Florida, Florida’
With the presidential race entering its final weeks, more attention is being focused on a number of critical swing states that could determine the outcome of the election. This is especially true as most...