MLK Day concert to include civil rights songs and Yiddish folk songs
The event will take place in a synagogue where Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke
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Frankie’s Menorah (a Yiddish Hanukkah story)
The story, presented here in English translation, takes place during the California gold rush of 1849
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A hilarious Yiddish show — without the nostalgia
Comedians Allen L. Rickman and Yelena Shmulenson star in the revival of 'The Essence: A Yiddish Theatre Dim Sum'
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Culture Paintings of unbearable life in the Lodz Ghetto
An exhibit in Warsaw displays artwork created by Jews as a strategy for staying alive.
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Yiddish food memories, recipes and photos wanted for online cookbook
The project, part of the Yiddish New York festival, invites people from all over the world to participate
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Blog ties weekly Torah portion with works of Yiddish writers
For last week's portion, the blog matches the story of Jacob's daughter Dina with a poem about her by the poet Itsik Manger.
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Yiddish song workshop among YIVO’s online mini-courses in English
Other courses will cover the world of Ashkenazi cooking and desire in Yiddish literature.
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Opinion Harvard’s Yiddish studies program is in danger — from self-inflicted wounds
The denial of tenure to one scholar and time caps on two others is creating unnecessary chaos
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Three Yiddish plays about demons and saints is opening off-Broadway
Shane Baker stars in this production based on the stories of Nobel prize-winning author I. B. Singer
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The day I, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, left a Vermont salesperson flabbergasted
Avram Patt, a former Vermont congressman, shares a story proving that knowledge of Yiddish can come in handy
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New Los Angeles Yiddish scene continues a long tradition
Many Yiddish writers came to L.A. at the turn of the 20th century as part of a health-seeking movement
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