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“Rivkele – Rebecca” Yiddish Tango

Wonderful video of Olga Mieleszcsuk and great instrumentalists performing “Rivkele – Rebecca” Yiddish tango. This was Polish Jewish composer Zygmunt Białostocki’s most beloved and often-recorded song.

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Yiddish Dance Videos

Helen’s Yiddish Dance Page is a website offering extensive resources on the dances of Jews of Eastern Europe. Watch a short dance clip with Molly Picon from the

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The Forward – Tshikavesn

Improve your Yiddish comprehension with easy news briefs from The Forward. Called Tshikavesn (“tidbits”), short news items are accompanied by an audio version read by a native Yiddish speaker.

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Geoff Berner – Downtown (Yiddish Version)

Accordionist Geoff Berner plays and sings a Yiddish version of Petula Clark’s 1964 hit Downtown. Translated into Yiddish with wit and humor by Michael Wex, including rhyming Bossa Nova with Tchenstikhova (Yiddish) (Częstochowa in

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