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Yiddish World Classic story about child of divorce now available in bilingual edition
Read this article in Yiddish A classic Yiddish book about a child of divorce has now been republished in a bilingual edition. The story, Between Parents, by the Yiddish essayist and journalist, Hersh Dovid Nomberg, describes the experiences of a young boy in Warsaw after his parents get divorced. The book was first published in…
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Yiddish World National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene celebrates director Zalmen Mlotek
Read this article in Yiddish At the end of July, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is having a benefit concert online honoring its director of long standing, Zalmen Mlotek, who is celebrating his 70th birthday. The concert, titled “Yiddish Renaissance” and including 140 artists from around the world, is also being billed as a celebration…
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Culture Photo collection captures Hasidic life round the world
Read this article in Yiddish The Polish photographer Agnieszka Traczewska has just published a second collection of photographs of Hasidic Jewish life, entitled “A Rekindled World.” In this new album she presents scenes of daily life among ultra-Orthodox Jews in America, Israel, Canada, England, Belgium and Brazil. Her previous collection, “The Returns,” centered on images…
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Yiddish World Symposium to explore rich world of Jewish children’s literature in pre-WWII Europe
Read this article in Yiddish Join scholars, archivists, and curators in exploring the rich world of Jewish children’s literature in pre-WWII Europe. The symposium, which will compare Yiddish and Russian Jewish children’s literature, will take place on June 22 and be streamed over Zoom. It is being sponsored by YIVO and Oxford University’s Bodleian Library….
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Yiddish World Literary celebration to mark poet Itzik Manger’s 120th birthday
Read this article in Yiddish On Sunday, May 30, a number of renowned singers and actors will perform songs by the great Yiddish poet, Itzik Manger, during an online literary event celebrating 120 years since his birth. The program, “Itzik Manger and the Golden Peacock”, will be in Yiddish with English subtitles and will be…
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Yiddish World Sholem Asch’s groundbreaking play, “God of Vengeance”, now streaming in English
An artful online video adaptation of Sholem Asch’s groundbreaking 1906 Yiddish play, “God of Vengeance”, is now streaming through May 31, 2021. The 100-minute video is in English. The play, known in Yiddish as “Got fun nekome”, tells the story of a seemingly observant Jewish couple and their daughter Rivkeleh who live upstairs in their…
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Yiddish World More than a century after her death, this woman writer is being celebrated
Read this article in Yiddish On May 23rd at 1:00 pm EDT, the Workers Circle will host a book party for a new bilingual edition of stories by the short story writer, Salomea Perl, “The Canvas and Other Stories.” The discussion will be in English, with the readings in Yiddish and English. The volume includes…
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Yiddish World Yiddish online concert to include African-American songs
Read this article in Yiddish On May 15th at 7 pm EDT, the Boston Workers Circle chorus, “A Besere Velt”, will perform a special online concert entitled “Singing for a Better World” with guest performers Polina Shepherd, Lorin Sklamberg, Anthony Russell, Daniel Kahn and Judy Bressler. “A Besere Velt” was founded in 1997 and is…
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