YIDDISH CULTURE

Dec 30, 2022
7 min

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...

Dec 27, 2022
5 min

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....

Dec 20, 2022
1 min

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...

Oct 28, 2022
5 min

The Shtisel effect

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

Oct 25, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #9: "In onheib iz gevan dos wort" - "In the beginning there was the word." Famous linguistic scholar, Professor-Emeritus of the...

Oct 20, 2022
4 min

David Edelstadt's 130th Yortzeit

October 17 marks the 130th anniversary of the death of the poet David Edelstadt, who was one of the founders of proletarian revolutionary...

Oct 6, 2022
1 min

The forgotten language of Odessa

The International Yiddish Center presents a new film about the "most Jewish" city of Ukraine, Odessa. Together with the presenter Yitzhak...

Oct 6, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #8: "Is There a Place for Yiddish in Today's Cultural World?" A conversation with Zisl Slepovitch, a musician, teacher, composer...

Sep 23, 2022
1 min

Rosh Hashanah!

מיר באַגריסן האַרציק אַלע אונדזערע פרייַנד און ליבהאָבער פון ייִדישן וואָרט מיט ראש השנה! זאָל דאָס נייַע יאָר ברענגען אַלעמען קודם כל...

Sep 22, 2022
1 min

אויף גיטקע-טייַבעלעס זאוווּלעק

September 23rd marks the 79th anniversary of the destruction of the Vilna ghetto. Remembering this tragic date, we publish a poem in...

Sep 16, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #7: "Chernowitz - a shtot mit yidn" (Chernivtsi is a city full of Jews) The renowned linguistics scholar Professor Wolf Moskovich...

Sep 7, 2022
3 min

Moyshe-Leyb Halpern's 90th Yortzeit

August 31, 2022, marks the 90th anniversary of the death of the eminent Jewish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern. He passed away at the age of 46....

Aug 31, 2022
1 min

YIDDISH de LITA

The third film in the "Yiddish" series focuses on one of the world's leading centers of Yiddish culture in the past, Vilna, the...

Aug 23, 2022
7 min

The Yiddish Stage as a Temporary Home

Book in review: The Satirical Theater of Dzigan and Schumacher (1927 - 1980)", Diego Rothman //Svetlana Pohomova// Diego Rothman, the...

Aug 23, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #6: "A Yiddisher Rock" In this podcast Alexander Kotlyar talks about how he transitioned from his work in Russian to Yiddish. How...

Aug 4, 2022
2 min

For the 70th Anniversary of the Night of Executed Poets

On August 12, 1952, 13 members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee were executed in Moscow, including the actor Benjamin Zuskin, who...

Jul 27, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #5: "Echoes of Yiddish Culture" A conversation with Ruth Levin, singer, researcher, translator, broadcaster, and daughter of the...

Jul 13, 2022
1 min

Our Contribution to Limmud FSU Canada

Limmud is an educational conference about Jewish life for people of all ages and interests. It's about how people "Jewishly" connect with...

Jul 12, 2022
7 min

Looking for Jewish Happiness

//Svetlana Pakhomova// Many films based on Jewish material were shot in the Soviet Union In the 1920s and 1930s. Some of them did not...

Jul 8, 2022
1 min

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #4 "I'm from Yiddish" Conversation with Moses Lemster - poet, teacher and researcher of the Yiddish language and literature....