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Miriam Karpilove: One of the most published women writers of Yiddish prose
Miriam Karpilove was a popular Yiddish writer published regularly in the New York Yiddish press. Writing in the first half of the 20th...


Avrom Sutzkever. Resisting evil with poetry
by: Svetlana Pakhomova Avrom Sutzkever (1913 – 2010) was a modernist Yiddish poet from Vilna, who had a lot of suffering and no less...


Sex, Drugs & Bagel – “Yidlife Crisis”
Svetlana Pakhomova “The following contains references to adult situations and coarse language. In Yiddish. Viewer discretion is advised....


Back in the Arena: The Return of Nathan Becker (1932)
//S. Pohomova// An amazing movie that was filmed in two versions, in Russian and in Yiddish at the dawn of the sound era of Soviet...

H. Leyvik's 60th yortzeit
December 23, 2022, marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of one of the most important Jewish poets and playwrights, H. Leyvick. H....

Happy Hanukkah
We wish all our friends and Yiddish lovers a cheerful and bright Hanukkah! May Hanukkah candles bring peace, joy and pleasure to all of...

The Shtisel effect
//Svetlana Pakhomova// The position of Yiddish in Israeli culture has been difficult, to say the least. The trend towards multilingualism...


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