#yiddish — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #yiddish, aggregated by home.social.
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"One of the biggest traumas that people had in the #Bershad #ghetto was that no one would notice the death,” #Shternshis told the #Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “So the #song that did talk about the lack of empathy, but also talked about the funeral, was actually a fantasy that all these things would happen — a prayer, a grave.”
This is Shternshis’ second “#Yiddish Glory” #album aiming to resurrect #music from witnesses of the #Holocaust in the #SovietUnion. Her first album in 2018, titled “#YiddishGlory: The Lost #Songs of #WorldWarII,” was nominated for a #Grammy.
That project was the first she reaped from the discovery of #Beregovsky’s documents, and it focused largely on songs collected from #Russian soldiers who fought against the #Nazis. The “Silenced Songs” album centers almost entirely on #Jews who lived in the #ghettos and #concentrationcamps of #Ukraine’s #Vinnytsia region, which was occupied by #Romania and #Nazi #Germany from 1941 to 1944."
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"One of the biggest traumas that people had in the #Bershad #ghetto was that no one would notice the death,” #Shternshis told the #Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “So the #song that did talk about the lack of empathy, but also talked about the funeral, was actually a fantasy that all these things would happen — a prayer, a grave.”
This is Shternshis’ second “#Yiddish Glory” #album aiming to resurrect #music from witnesses of the #Holocaust in the #SovietUnion. Her first album in 2018, titled “#YiddishGlory: The Lost #Songs of #WorldWarII,” was nominated for a #Grammy.
That project was the first she reaped from the discovery of #Beregovsky’s documents, and it focused largely on songs collected from #Russian soldiers who fought against the #Nazis. The “Silenced Songs” album centers almost entirely on #Jews who lived in the #ghettos and #concentrationcamps of #Ukraine’s #Vinnytsia region, which was occupied by #Romania and #Nazi #Germany from 1941 to 1944."
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"One of the biggest traumas that people had in the #Bershad #ghetto was that no one would notice the death,” #Shternshis told the #Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “So the #song that did talk about the lack of empathy, but also talked about the funeral, was actually a fantasy that all these things would happen — a prayer, a grave.”
This is Shternshis’ second “#Yiddish Glory” #album aiming to resurrect #music from witnesses of the #Holocaust in the #SovietUnion. Her first album in 2018, titled “#YiddishGlory: The Lost #Songs of #WorldWarII,” was nominated for a #Grammy.
That project was the first she reaped from the discovery of #Beregovsky’s documents, and it focused largely on songs collected from #Russian soldiers who fought against the #Nazis. The “Silenced Songs” album centers almost entirely on #Jews who lived in the #ghettos and #concentrationcamps of #Ukraine’s #Vinnytsia region, which was occupied by #Romania and #Nazi #Germany from 1941 to 1944."
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"One of the biggest traumas that people had in the #Bershad #ghetto was that no one would notice the death,” #Shternshis told the #Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “So the #song that did talk about the lack of empathy, but also talked about the funeral, was actually a fantasy that all these things would happen — a prayer, a grave.”
This is Shternshis’ second “#Yiddish Glory” #album aiming to resurrect #music from witnesses of the #Holocaust in the #SovietUnion. Her first album in 2018, titled “#YiddishGlory: The Lost #Songs of #WorldWarII,” was nominated for a #Grammy.
That project was the first she reaped from the discovery of #Beregovsky’s documents, and it focused largely on songs collected from #Russian soldiers who fought against the #Nazis. The “Silenced Songs” album centers almost entirely on #Jews who lived in the #ghettos and #concentrationcamps of #Ukraine’s #Vinnytsia region, which was occupied by #Romania and #Nazi #Germany from 1941 to 1944."
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"One of the biggest traumas that people had in the #Bershad #ghetto was that no one would notice the death,” #Shternshis told the #Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “So the #song that did talk about the lack of empathy, but also talked about the funeral, was actually a fantasy that all these things would happen — a prayer, a grave.”
This is Shternshis’ second “#Yiddish Glory” #album aiming to resurrect #music from witnesses of the #Holocaust in the #SovietUnion. Her first album in 2018, titled “#YiddishGlory: The Lost #Songs of #WorldWarII,” was nominated for a #Grammy.
That project was the first she reaped from the discovery of #Beregovsky’s documents, and it focused largely on songs collected from #Russian soldiers who fought against the #Nazis. The “Silenced Songs” album centers almost entirely on #Jews who lived in the #ghettos and #concentrationcamps of #Ukraine’s #Vinnytsia region, which was occupied by #Romania and #Nazi #Germany from 1941 to 1944."
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A new #exhibition at the old #synagogue in #Erfurt shows the #history of #Yiddish from its beginnings to the age of #printing
#ausstellung : Jiddisch/ייִדיש – Von den Anfängen bis zum Buchdruck.
https://mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22159 -
A new #exhibition at the old #synagogue in #Erfurt shows the #history of #Yiddish from its beginnings to the age of #printing
#ausstellung : Jiddisch/ייִדיש – Von den Anfängen bis zum Buchdruck.
https://mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22159 -
"Planning a trip to New York?
If you’ll be in #NewYork before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of #Art by #SteveMarcus offers a colorful and unconventional look at #Jewish culture through more than 30 #paintings, #prints and #sculptures that blend #Jewishhistory, #deli culture, #Yiddish #humor and 1960s #psychedelic #popart.
What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish #History website for current gallery hours)
Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: Admission is free."https://stljewishlight.org/world-news/psychedelic-jewish-art-exhibit/
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"Planning a trip to New York?
If you’ll be in #NewYork before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of #Art by #SteveMarcus offers a colorful and unconventional look at #Jewish culture through more than 30 #paintings, #prints and #sculptures that blend #Jewishhistory, #deli culture, #Yiddish #humor and 1960s #psychedelic #popart.
What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish #History website for current gallery hours)
Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: Admission is free."https://stljewishlight.org/world-news/psychedelic-jewish-art-exhibit/
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"Planning a trip to New York?
If you’ll be in #NewYork before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of #Art by #SteveMarcus offers a colorful and unconventional look at #Jewish culture through more than 30 #paintings, #prints and #sculptures that blend #Jewishhistory, #deli culture, #Yiddish #humor and 1960s #psychedelic #popart.
What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish #History website for current gallery hours)
Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: Admission is free."https://stljewishlight.org/world-news/psychedelic-jewish-art-exhibit/
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"Planning a trip to New York?
If you’ll be in #NewYork before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of #Art by #SteveMarcus offers a colorful and unconventional look at #Jewish culture through more than 30 #paintings, #prints and #sculptures that blend #Jewishhistory, #deli culture, #Yiddish #humor and 1960s #psychedelic #popart.
What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish #History website for current gallery hours)
Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: Admission is free."https://stljewishlight.org/world-news/psychedelic-jewish-art-exhibit/
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"Planning a trip to New York?
If you’ll be in #NewYork before the end of the year, Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of #Art by #SteveMarcus offers a colorful and unconventional look at #Jewish culture through more than 30 #paintings, #prints and #sculptures that blend #Jewishhistory, #deli culture, #Yiddish #humor and 1960s #psychedelic #popart.
What: Psychedelicatessen: A Powerful Dose of Art by Steve Marcus
When: Through December 2026 (check the Center for Jewish #History website for current gallery hours)
Where: Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: Admission is free."https://stljewishlight.org/world-news/psychedelic-jewish-art-exhibit/
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It's a ways off, but I definitely registered already! Sep 10, 2026 1:00pm
"Ruth Rubin was a renowned folklorist and singer, who spent decades preserving the rich musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews. [...] Join us for a discussion featuring new scholarship drawing on Rubin's work by Isabel Frey and Miriam Borden, moderated by Mark Slobin, in honor of what would have been Rubin's 120th birthday."
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It's a ways off, but I definitely registered already! Sep 10, 2026 1:00pm
"Ruth Rubin was a renowned folklorist and singer, who spent decades preserving the rich musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews. [...] Join us for a discussion featuring new scholarship drawing on Rubin's work by Isabel Frey and Miriam Borden, moderated by Mark Slobin, in honor of what would have been Rubin's 120th birthday."
https://yivo.org/Ruth-Rubin -
"An #interview with #JackieTohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular #Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular.
But as the youth (used to?) say: Jackie #Tohn definitely gives me life. Even when the #Jewish “Nobody Wants This” and “Glow” star is couch-ridden after a back injury!
Tohn’s latest project is “#TheFloaters,” a #movie set at a very Jewish #summercamp, out in theaters this July 10. Tohn plays Nomi, a rockstar who gets kicked out of her band. She is drafted by her best friend, Mara (#SarahPodemski) to help steer her Jewish summer camp, Camp Daveed, and its “floaters” — the camp misfits — in the right direction, all while dealing with crumbling infrastructure and a bitter rivalry with neighboring Camp Barack, helmed by polo-wearing, golf-cart-riding Daniel (#SethGreen)."
https://www.kveller.com/jackie-tohn-was-a-jewish-summer-camp-superstar/
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"An #interview with #JackieTohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular #Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular.
But as the youth (used to?) say: Jackie #Tohn definitely gives me life. Even when the #Jewish “Nobody Wants This” and “Glow” star is couch-ridden after a back injury!
Tohn’s latest project is “#TheFloaters,” a #movie set at a very Jewish #summercamp, out in theaters this July 10. Tohn plays Nomi, a rockstar who gets kicked out of her band. She is drafted by her best friend, Mara (#SarahPodemski) to help steer her Jewish summer camp, Camp Daveed, and its “floaters” — the camp misfits — in the right direction, all while dealing with crumbling infrastructure and a bitter rivalry with neighboring Camp Barack, helmed by polo-wearing, golf-cart-riding Daniel (#SethGreen)."
https://www.kveller.com/jackie-tohn-was-a-jewish-summer-camp-superstar/
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"An #interview with #JackieTohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular #Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular.
But as the youth (used to?) say: Jackie #Tohn definitely gives me life. Even when the #Jewish “Nobody Wants This” and “Glow” star is couch-ridden after a back injury!
Tohn’s latest project is “#TheFloaters,” a #movie set at a very Jewish #summercamp, out in theaters this July 10. Tohn plays Nomi, a rockstar who gets kicked out of her band. She is drafted by her best friend, Mara (#SarahPodemski) to help steer her Jewish summer camp, Camp Daveed, and its “floaters” — the camp misfits — in the right direction, all while dealing with crumbling infrastructure and a bitter rivalry with neighboring Camp Barack, helmed by polo-wearing, golf-cart-riding Daniel (#SethGreen)."
https://www.kveller.com/jackie-tohn-was-a-jewish-summer-camp-superstar/
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"An #interview with #JackieTohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular #Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular.
But as the youth (used to?) say: Jackie #Tohn definitely gives me life. Even when the #Jewish “Nobody Wants This” and “Glow” star is couch-ridden after a back injury!
Tohn’s latest project is “#TheFloaters,” a #movie set at a very Jewish #summercamp, out in theaters this July 10. Tohn plays Nomi, a rockstar who gets kicked out of her band. She is drafted by her best friend, Mara (#SarahPodemski) to help steer her Jewish summer camp, Camp Daveed, and its “floaters” — the camp misfits — in the right direction, all while dealing with crumbling infrastructure and a bitter rivalry with neighboring Camp Barack, helmed by polo-wearing, golf-cart-riding Daniel (#SethGreen)."
https://www.kveller.com/jackie-tohn-was-a-jewish-summer-camp-superstar/
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"An #interview with #JackieTohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular #Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular.
But as the youth (used to?) say: Jackie #Tohn definitely gives me life. Even when the #Jewish “Nobody Wants This” and “Glow” star is couch-ridden after a back injury!
Tohn’s latest project is “#TheFloaters,” a #movie set at a very Jewish #summercamp, out in theaters this July 10. Tohn plays Nomi, a rockstar who gets kicked out of her band. She is drafted by her best friend, Mara (#SarahPodemski) to help steer her Jewish summer camp, Camp Daveed, and its “floaters” — the camp misfits — in the right direction, all while dealing with crumbling infrastructure and a bitter rivalry with neighboring Camp Barack, helmed by polo-wearing, golf-cart-riding Daniel (#SethGreen)."
https://www.kveller.com/jackie-tohn-was-a-jewish-summer-camp-superstar/
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/189953/ The Blogs: Mizrahi Civilization | Ivan Bassov #AntiZionism #antisemitism #AshkenazicJews #Israel #JewishHistory #MiddleEast #MizrahiJews #TheArabWorld #Yiddish
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#dub #soundsystem #languesregionales
Pensé comme un dialogue entre territoires, générations et langues minorisées, À travers les ponts - le nouvel album de #dubamix - fait résonner l’#occitan (du languedocien au #provençal en passant par le #gascon et le #limousin) avec le #catalan, le #breton, le #basque, le #creole, l’#esperanto ou encore le #yiddish en compagnie d’invités d’horizons multiples. Il construit des ponts entre cultures populaires locales et horizons internationalistes, faisant dialoguer langues minorisées, héritages traditionnels et musiques électroniques contemporaines à rebours de tout enfermement identitaire.
https://www.dubamix.net/info-actu/27-06-nouvel-album-a-travers-les-ponts/ -
#dub #soundsystem #languesregionales
Pensé comme un dialogue entre territoires, générations et langues minorisées, À travers les ponts - le nouvel album de #dubamix - fait résonner l’#occitan (du languedocien au #provençal en passant par le #gascon et le #limousin) avec le #catalan, le #breton, le #basque, le #creole, l’#esperanto ou encore le #yiddish en compagnie d’invités d’horizons multiples. Il construit des ponts entre cultures populaires locales et horizons internationalistes, faisant dialoguer langues minorisées, héritages traditionnels et musiques électroniques contemporaines à rebours de tout enfermement identitaire.
https://www.dubamix.net/info-actu/27-06-nouvel-album-a-travers-les-ponts/ -
#dub #soundsystem #languesregionales
Pensé comme un dialogue entre territoires, générations et langues minorisées, À travers les ponts - le nouvel album de #dubamix - fait résonner l’#occitan (du languedocien au #provençal en passant par le #gascon et le #limousin) avec le #catalan, le #breton, le #basque, le #creole, l’#esperanto ou encore le #yiddish en compagnie d’invités d’horizons multiples. Il construit des ponts entre cultures populaires locales et horizons internationalistes, faisant dialoguer langues minorisées, héritages traditionnels et musiques électroniques contemporaines à rebours de tout enfermement identitaire.
https://www.dubamix.net/info-actu/27-06-nouvel-album-a-travers-les-ponts/ -
#dub #soundsystem #languesregionales
Pensé comme un dialogue entre territoires, générations et langues minorisées, À travers les ponts - le nouvel album de #dubamix - fait résonner l’#occitan (du languedocien au #provençal en passant par le #gascon et le #limousin) avec le #catalan, le #breton, le #basque, le #creole, l’#esperanto ou encore le #yiddish en compagnie d’invités d’horizons multiples. Il construit des ponts entre cultures populaires locales et horizons internationalistes, faisant dialoguer langues minorisées, héritages traditionnels et musiques électroniques contemporaines à rebours de tout enfermement identitaire.
https://www.dubamix.net/info-actu/27-06-nouvel-album-a-travers-les-ponts/ -
"This charming and important #memoir starts with two mothers in a cold #London playground talking about where to send their young #children to school. One mother says she would like her son to go to a French nursery so he could grow up with two #languages, just like her. But then this playground moment takes a surprising turn.
“Why not send him to a nursery in your #language?” one mother asks.
“I can’t,” #author #SamanthaEllis responds. “My language is dead.”
#Ellis grew up speaking #Judeo-#Iraqi #Arabic. Her #mothertongue isn’t exactly dead, but it is dying, like many #Jewish languages that are not #Hebrew or #Yiddish, and like many of the beautiful Jewish languages spoken by #Jews of the #Arab world."
https://forward.com/culture/books/829874/always-carry-salt-samantha-ellis-judeo-iraqi-arabic/
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"This charming and important #memoir starts with two mothers in a cold #London playground talking about where to send their young #children to school. One mother says she would like her son to go to a French nursery so he could grow up with two #languages, just like her. But then this playground moment takes a surprising turn.
“Why not send him to a nursery in your #language?” one mother asks.
“I can’t,” #author #SamanthaEllis responds. “My language is dead.”
#Ellis grew up speaking #Judeo-#Iraqi #Arabic. Her #mothertongue isn’t exactly dead, but it is dying, like many #Jewish languages that are not #Hebrew or #Yiddish, and like many of the beautiful Jewish languages spoken by #Jews of the #Arab world."
https://forward.com/culture/books/829874/always-carry-salt-samantha-ellis-judeo-iraqi-arabic/
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"This charming and important #memoir starts with two mothers in a cold #London playground talking about where to send their young #children to school. One mother says she would like her son to go to a French nursery so he could grow up with two #languages, just like her. But then this playground moment takes a surprising turn.
“Why not send him to a nursery in your #language?” one mother asks.
“I can’t,” #author #SamanthaEllis responds. “My language is dead.”
#Ellis grew up speaking #Judeo-#Iraqi #Arabic. Her #mothertongue isn’t exactly dead, but it is dying, like many #Jewish languages that are not #Hebrew or #Yiddish, and like many of the beautiful Jewish languages spoken by #Jews of the #Arab world."
https://forward.com/culture/books/829874/always-carry-salt-samantha-ellis-judeo-iraqi-arabic/
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"This charming and important #memoir starts with two mothers in a cold #London playground talking about where to send their young #children to school. One mother says she would like her son to go to a French nursery so he could grow up with two #languages, just like her. But then this playground moment takes a surprising turn.
“Why not send him to a nursery in your #language?” one mother asks.
“I can’t,” #author #SamanthaEllis responds. “My language is dead.”
#Ellis grew up speaking #Judeo-#Iraqi #Arabic. Her #mothertongue isn’t exactly dead, but it is dying, like many #Jewish languages that are not #Hebrew or #Yiddish, and like many of the beautiful Jewish languages spoken by #Jews of the #Arab world."
https://forward.com/culture/books/829874/always-carry-salt-samantha-ellis-judeo-iraqi-arabic/
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"This charming and important #memoir starts with two mothers in a cold #London playground talking about where to send their young #children to school. One mother says she would like her son to go to a French nursery so he could grow up with two #languages, just like her. But then this playground moment takes a surprising turn.
“Why not send him to a nursery in your #language?” one mother asks.
“I can’t,” #author #SamanthaEllis responds. “My language is dead.”
#Ellis grew up speaking #Judeo-#Iraqi #Arabic. Her #mothertongue isn’t exactly dead, but it is dying, like many #Jewish languages that are not #Hebrew or #Yiddish, and like many of the beautiful Jewish languages spoken by #Jews of the #Arab world."
https://forward.com/culture/books/829874/always-carry-salt-samantha-ellis-judeo-iraqi-arabic/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Molly Crabapple's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' (01 Jun 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/01/doikayt/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Molly Crabapple's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' (01 Jun 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/01/doikayt/
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https://jmi.org.uk/news/yiddish-culture-weekend-2026-2/
The programme is out!
FRIDAY – MONDAY
28-31.August.26including:
Jewish Whitechapel: An Archive WorkshopDavid Mazower
A hands-on dive into rare Yiddish cultural treasures from David Mazower’s extraordinary personal collection — from anarchist newspapers and theatre handbills to photographs, postcards and unexpected gems of Jewish East End history. An interactive workshop for anyone curious about the material culture of Yiddish London.
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https://jmi.org.uk/news/yiddish-culture-weekend-2026-2/
The programme is out!
FRIDAY – MONDAY
28-31.August.26including:
Jewish Whitechapel: An Archive WorkshopDavid Mazower
A hands-on dive into rare Yiddish cultural treasures from David Mazower’s extraordinary personal collection — from anarchist newspapers and theatre handbills to photographs, postcards and unexpected gems of Jewish East End history. An interactive workshop for anyone curious about the material culture of Yiddish London.
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salute to Arun Viswanath for this excellent catalogue he made of his great-grandmother Lifshe Schaechter-Widman's Yiddish song recordings
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZOh9sLMlOW5cnRa6RUM9uQ6SlYgr3fYgruRo-mtVyY/edit?usp=sharing -
salute to Arun Viswanath for this excellent catalogue he made of his great-grandmother Lifshe Schaechter-Widman's Yiddish song recordings
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZOh9sLMlOW5cnRa6RUM9uQ6SlYgr3fYgruRo-mtVyY/edit?usp=sharing -
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"What happened to #Yiddish #theater, how it came to be, why it faded and how it made a comeback are among the questions explored in “Immigrant Songs: #YiddishTheater and the #American #Jewish Experience,” a #documentary #directed by #JeffJaneczko.
The 46-minute documentary, the first produced by the #MilkenArchive of #JewishMusic (where #Janeczko is a curator), traces the remarkable legacy of Yiddish theater in #America — from its Eastern #European roots to its extraordinary modern revival. The #film blends #archivalfootage, original #music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to resonate today.
You don’t need to be a Yiddish speaker or come from an #Ashkenazi background to appreciate the charm of Yiddish music and theater. The two, in fact, are deeply intertwined and have gone hand in hand since their birth in Eastern Europe."
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"What happened to #Yiddish #theater, how it came to be, why it faded and how it made a comeback are among the questions explored in “Immigrant Songs: #YiddishTheater and the #American #Jewish Experience,” a #documentary #directed by #JeffJaneczko.
The 46-minute documentary, the first produced by the #MilkenArchive of #JewishMusic (where #Janeczko is a curator), traces the remarkable legacy of Yiddish theater in #America — from its Eastern #European roots to its extraordinary modern revival. The #film blends #archivalfootage, original #music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to resonate today.
You don’t need to be a Yiddish speaker or come from an #Ashkenazi background to appreciate the charm of Yiddish music and theater. The two, in fact, are deeply intertwined and have gone hand in hand since their birth in Eastern Europe."
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RE: https://klezmor.im/@carkner/115391163128803068
bumped into a lefty yiddish-interested friend at a party last nite who I haven't talked to in a few months and was rambling about how Montreal Jewish Public Library has a very fragile paper copy of this book and how wowed I was to see it 2 months back. 😍
#ethnomusicology #yiddish #Poland #warsaw #JewishMusic #JewishLaborBund #Bundism #FolkSongs
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RE: https://klezmor.im/@carkner/115391163128803068
bumped into a lefty yiddish-interested friend at a party last nite who I haven't talked to in a few months and was rambling about how Montreal Jewish Public Library has a very fragile paper copy of this book and how wowed I was to see it 2 months back. 😍
#ethnomusicology #yiddish #Poland #warsaw #JewishMusic #JewishLaborBund #Bundism #FolkSongs
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Many do not know: The other official #Jewish territory in the world besides Israel is the Jewish #Autonomous #Oblast (JAO), located in the #Russian Far East with its administrative center in #Birobidzhan. Established in #1934 by the #SovietUnion, it was intended as a #secular Jewish #homeland where #Yiddish culture could flourish, though it never achieved a large Jewish population and remains a federal subject of #Russia
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My once and future collaborator Chaia is offering this 3-part online course:
"This class explores the tradition of Yiddish revolutionary folksong. Emerging from the revolutionary movements of early 20th century Eastern Europe, these songs carried the voices of workers and cultural activists who used them as tools of anti-fascist resistance, anti-Zionist organizing, and visions of Jewish communal identity."
https://www.judaismunbound.com/2026-courses/p/yiddish-revolutionary-song -
My once and future collaborator Chaia is offering this 3-part online course:
"This class explores the tradition of Yiddish revolutionary folksong. Emerging from the revolutionary movements of early 20th century Eastern Europe, these songs carried the voices of workers and cultural activists who used them as tools of anti-fascist resistance, anti-Zionist organizing, and visions of Jewish communal identity."
https://www.judaismunbound.com/2026-courses/p/yiddish-revolutionary-song -
https://www.europesays.com/dk/46892/ New AI service at Vilnius University to unlock handwritten Yiddish, Hebrew archives | JNS #archive #ArtificialIntelligence #computing #digitization #HebrewLanguage #InformationScience #JewishLife #Lithuania #manuscript #OpticalCharacterRecognition #Technology #Vilnius #VilniusUniversity #WrittenCommunication #yiddish
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Vacances en famille du 20 au 26 avril prochains, autour des chansons #yiddish et danses et musiques #klezmer notamment animé par Marthe Desrosières, dans le (très chouette) château de Ligoure "près" de #Limoges #millevaches #plateaudemillevaches
Cours de yiddish et ateliers pour les enfants.
https://www.helloasso.com/associations/lamed/evenements/fun-dor-tsu-dor-2026
(je mets l'affiche pour le QR-code)
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... "tracing how folksong shaped Jewish life in Eastern Europe and how its meanings shifted through migration and memory. It also reflects on how the very act of interviewing contributed to the construction of the figure of the “Yiddish folksinger,” a powerful image that continues to shape how we understand Yiddish folksong today."
#FolkMusic #OnlineLecture #ethnomusicology #Yiddish #FolkSongs
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... "tracing how folksong shaped Jewish life in Eastern Europe and how its meanings shifted through migration and memory. It also reflects on how the very act of interviewing contributed to the construction of the figure of the “Yiddish folksinger,” a powerful image that continues to shape how we understand Yiddish folksong today."
#FolkMusic #OnlineLecture #ethnomusicology #Yiddish #FolkSongs
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this is another one I couldn't miss, my friend Eve's lecture on Shirley Baron, a NYC drummer from WWII through the late 80s who I found ads for in my YIVO research this spring and we both became quite interested in. there's a whole oral history with her about being in a 1930s orphanage and becoming a restaurant musician during WWII etc. it says in-person on this poster but hybrid on the schedule so hopefully i'm good.
