New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
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Yiddish World Highly anticipated Yiddish New York festival will be online and on-site
Among the events: the screening of a classic film about two disabled lovers and a lecture about Palestinian Yiddish
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Yiddish World Klezmer star Daniel Kahn to receive the 2023 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, in memory of the inspirational singer and activist Adrienne Cooper, will be presented at the Yiddish New York Festival.
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Yiddish World New musical will highlight the remarkable creativity of Jews in the ghettos and camps
After the war, partisan fighter Shmerke Kaczerginski visited displaced persons camps and recorded the songs that survivors shared with him.
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Fast Forward The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus celebrates its 100th anniversary with a rare Yiddish rendition of ‘Hatikvah’
A concert featuring songs of defiance becomes sadly relevant as Israel enters into a war with Hamas
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Israeli soldier on the front singing a Yiddish fighting song
Yonatan was inspired to sing the “The Partisan Hymn” as his tank was rolling down the dusty road to the front
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Yiddish World A summer reunion in the country, Jewish socialist style
Camp Hemshekh, which closed in 1978, was the summer home for hundreds of campers, many of them children of Holocaust survivors
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Yiddish World Listen to a passionate performance of Yiddish art song
David Childs learned the music of composer Lazar Weiner from his son Yehudi
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