In a popular Yiddish film released in 1939, a male character named Getsl Bokser says, “Mayn vayb iz fun di hayntike mames” (“My wife is one of those ‘nowadays’ mothers”). His wife clearly is ‘a modern ...
An example of popular Yiddish entertainment of yesteryear, “Mothers of Today” is being screened as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival. (New York Jewish Week) — The New York Jewish Film Festival ...
Pittsburgh is gearing up to celebrate Yiddish culture with a vibrant lineup of upcoming events. Scheduled for Nov. 13-16, the ...
Please prepare a short song of your choice. If you know a song In Yiddish, that would be preferable. If you do not, a song in English is great. The song should be fun and funny and high energy. Please ...
When Jewish prisoners were interned during the Holocaust, the Yiddish language went through a metamorphosis — changing and expanding to include new words about their brutal everyday existence. What ...
As you descend a ramp into the main exhibition space of the Yiddish Book Center, you walk alongside a display of 49 books.
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How Yiddish authors made a new world writing for children
Miriam Udel's "Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature" shows how stories shaped a Jewish identity ...
Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish. As a new exhibit in NYC shows, it gave it a new nest to live in.
The YIVO Institute looks at the Jewish “language war” in Palestine before the founding of the Jewish state. (New York Jewish Week) — Just before the end of the second millennium, Ezer Weizman, then ...
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