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Yiddish World Orthodox Yiddish Music Video Reaches Out To Mentally Ill
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. On May 13th, a tragedy occurred in Boro Park that shook the local Jewish community and sent shockwaves around the Orthodox Jewish world: A 23-year-old Hasidic man set himself on fire in his car. After the tragedy the directors of 1225, a drop-in center for Hasidic youth…
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Yiddish WATCH: How to make dairy and vegan cheesecakes for Shavuot
The vegan version is made with chocolate and a surprise ingredient, that requires special tools to open!
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Yiddish World The Forverts Launches A Crossword!
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Thanks to a generous donation to the Forverts by an anonymous donor, the Forverts has launched a biweekly Yiddish crossword puzzle. The puzzles include clues about Yiddish words and literature, Jewish traditions and pop culture. The first puzzle can be seen here. The donor, a Jewish philanthropist,…
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Yiddish World Want a Printed Version of the Forverts?
Miss reading a paper version of the Forverts? We are compiling a monthly collection of articles into one newsletter which will be emailed out at the end of every month to all who sign up (it’s free!). The newsletter will contain ten of the best articles of each month, which you’ll be able to print…
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Yiddish World Send Us Your Forverts Memories!
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. When it was announced that the Forverts would cease its print edition after 122 years people began to post their memories of our newspaper on Facebook and Twitter. Because of the spontaneous reaction, we decided to ask our readers to submit their written recollections of the Forverts…
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Culture March 3: Manhattan: Happy Birthday, Molly Picon!
In honor of the 121st birthday of Molly Picon, an actress who burst onto the scene in the 1920s, the American Jewish Historical Society is hosting a live score and screening of one of her films, the silent classic “East and West.” Picon is lauded for her role in the 1923 movie, which encourages the…
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Yiddish World Will This Be The First Yiddish-Language Album To Win A Grammy?
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. A Yiddish-language album “Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of WWII” was nominated for a Grammy for Best World Music Album. The unusual honor is only the second time that an album of Yiddish songs has been nominated for music’s most esteemed prize. The first was the soundtrack…
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Yiddish World Calling all Chicagoans: Here’s Your Opportunity to Learn Yiddish
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. It can be tough to find a Yiddish class irl (in real life) if you aren’t a college student or a New York resident. But now it’s easier for Chicago folks to learn Yiddish: the Chicago YIVO has announced a new series of courses to be launched…
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