Chana Mlotek: The Sherlock Holmes of Yiddish Songs
Audio URL: Podcast InformationAudio Runtime: 21 Tune in! The Yiddish Book Center's PodcastEpisode Number: 26 read more
View ArticleStudents Reflect on Yiddish and Jewish Identity
Audio URL: Podcast InformationAudio Runtime: 16 Tune in! The Yiddish Book Center's PodcastEpisode Number: 36 To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, and to...
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The "Glorious" Jewish Community of Bulawayo
EX290_2441 Ghita Wolpowitz, a Litvak (Lithuanian Jew), who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), fondly recalls her memories of the vibrant Jewish community of Bulawayo....
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'It's Got a Certain Softness': Approaching Yiddish for the First Time
EX415_3139 Aleksandra 'Ola' Bilinska, musician, on how she perceives other languages' influences on Yiddish, and the experience of approaching Yiddish through song. More from this narrator: Aleksandra...
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"Nous parlons Français, Mir redn Yidish": Five Languages of Business in My...
EX421_3185 Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, director of the Core Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, describes the multilingual nature of business in her father's paint and...
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My Mother, Khashke Katz, Was Also A Writer
EX392_3386 Troim Katz Handler, daughter of Yiddish poet Menke Katz, discusses how her mother Khashke Katz was also a writer. More from this narrator: Troim Katz Handler
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“How Strange That I Didn’t Recognize You!”: Meeting My Father, Poet Menke...
EX392_3387 Troim Katz Handler, daughter of Yiddish poet Menke Katz, discusses how strange it was to be reunited with her father after years apart. More from this narrator: Troim Katz Handler
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"You Just Have to Trust Me": Theo Bikel Remembers A Trip That Took Him From...
EX151_480 Theodore (Theo) Bikel, z"l, distinguished folk singer and actor, remembers the day-trip he took from Paris to Auschwitz with a group of political and religious leaders from around the world....
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"It's Not the Hebrew That's Important to Me, It's the Yiddish": Visiting the...
EX440_3719 Howard Nenner, a retired professor of legal and political history, recalls his first visit to the Yiddish Book Center.
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Best Words, Best Order
Date ISO 8601: March, 2008Photographer: Ben Barnhart From France, the latest in a long line of Yiddish dictionaries.Attached Files: Best Words, Best Orderread more
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In Front of the Iron Curtain
Date ISO 8601: November, 2009Photographer: Ullrich Rodiger Yiddish in East GermanyAttached Files: In Front of the Iron Curtainread more
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Yiddish On Israeli Streets
Date ISO 8601: July, 2007Are the language wars over? From Israel come fresh offerings in mama-loshn.Attached Files: Yiddish On Israeli Streets
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