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  1. REDIRECT Yiddish language

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Yiddish vs. German: an experiment.

A comparison between Yiddish and German. I made up a bunch of sentences to highlight some of the differences between German and Yiddish with respect to vocab...

Speaking Yiddish on the Street

Kalman Weiser explains that when he speaks Yiddish in public he is often interrupted by Yiddish speakers. (Yiddish with subtitles) To learn more about the We...

YIDDISH FOR DUMMIES

Ida Rosenberg teaches you some "must know" Yinglish words. Thanks and Lurve you, Leon, my little boichika!!

Non Jews Studying Yiddish Compilation

Who's studying Yiddish these days anyway? It turns out there's a small but steady contingent of non-Jewish students in Yiddish classes. Hear from some we've ...

LULLABY IN YIDDISH

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Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish - TRAILER

A film directed by Eve Annenberg.

Bei mir bist du schejn "original" yiddish version

Performed in yiddish by the budapest klezmer band. Lyrics; Kh'vel dir zogn, dir glaykh tzu hern Az du zolst mir libe derklern Ven du redst mit di oygn Volt i...

Some Yiddish expressions JewU 167

Some Yiddish Expressions: shlemiel, shlemazal, chutzpah, machatonim, goniff, shikur, farblongeg, fergussen, chochem, yontiff Award winning ONLINE CONVERSION ...

Yiddish With Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman

Buy this book on Amazon! http://amzn.to/10fSHAv Other books by this author: http://amzn.to/14eumDw An Educational recitation from the best selling parody "Yi...

Yiddish Is.

A look at contemporary Yiddish culture through the eyes of Chayale Ash, a Yiddish actress, and Fishl Kutner, the editor of the newsletter, "Der Bay."

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12097 news items

 
STLtoday.com
Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:17 -0700

There's a Yiddish word, “tom,” that means something close to flavor. But it means a little more. It means the very essence of something: its personality, its true character. “Shlemiel the First” is a show with plenty of “tom.” Based on the Chelm ...

Jewish Daily Forward

Jewish Daily Forward
Sun, 12 May 2013 02:00:31 -0700

'What's Fuhgeddaboudit in Yiddish?” The Wall Street Journal's Brett Stephens asks in a column in which he concludes that, following President Obama's Syrian chemical weapons shuffle, the president's promise to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon ...

New York Times

New York Times
Fri, 03 May 2013 13:58:47 -0700

That is one lesson of “The Megile of Itzik Manger,” a National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene production inspired by the old Purim spiels of Eastern Europe. These scenery-chewing shows, akin to British pantomime or Italian commedia dell'arte, often ...
 
Cleveland Jewish News
Thu, 16 May 2013 09:55:05 -0700

“Everyone had something to say, and there were no nebechs” (blogger's comment on a speed dating event). Harold Ticktin of Shaker Heights is a Yiddish lover who conducts a “Yiddish Vinkl” (corner) at R.H. Myers Apartments in Beachwood.

Tablet Magazine

Tablet Magazine
Mon, 13 May 2013 10:40:19 -0700

Would you like to read a classic Yiddish novel about hasidic wife swapping, messianism and Polish nationalism? That was a rhetorical question—of course you would. And the opportunity is within your grasp: Michael Wex, Yiddishist and author of the New ...
 
Wyoming Tribune
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:10:47 -0700

What: The Yiddish Food Festival offers a chance to taste Jewish foods while listening to traditional music. Israeli folk dancers will also be on hand. When: Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.. Where: Mount Sinai Congregation, 2610 Pioneer Ave. Cost: Free entry ...

Jewish Daily Forward (blog)

Jewish Daily Forward (blog)
Wed, 15 May 2013 02:04:03 -0700

Academics and enthusiasts of Yiddish studies have long been pushing for the translation of Yiddish literature. Unfortunately, few efforts have met with much success, even among Jewish readers. The New Yiddish Library Series, from Yale University Press, ...
 
The Verge
Thu, 02 May 2013 09:05:25 -0700

The Verge Book Club podcast 006: 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union'. By Laura June on May 2, 2013 12:04 pm @laura_june 8Comments. Don't miss stories Follow The Verge. Follow. Book Club. April's Book Club book was Michael Chabon's Nebula ...
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