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S’vet Nit Eybik Finster Zayn (It will not be dark forever)
A song in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Hungarian. Read more »
July 26, 2019
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Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof” director Joel Grey and actor Steven Skybell interviewed on National Public Radio by Terry Gross
A new Yiddish language production of the musical is currently running off-Broadway. Steven Skybell, who plays Tevye, and Joel Grey, who directs the show, explain
July 17, 2019
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Why Linguists are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent
Between 1880 and World War I, a wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants crashed on America’s shores. They spoke Yiddish, and then English, with a special
July 14, 2019
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June 26, 2019
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No-holds-barred indictment against a former lover
Yiddish song performed by Leo Summergrad More »
June 26, 2019
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June 26, 2019
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Yiddish poster from WPA Federal Art Project
(“Learn your children’s language!”) Image source »
May 26, 2019
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