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The Yiddish Podcast

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

The Yiddish Podcast

Episode #2 : Nechama Lifshitz is the voice of the silenced Soviet Jewry. The Yiddish Podcast is a soundtrack from the past, recorded in...

Songs from Testimonies

Kaunas is the second city in Lithuania holding the European Capital of Culture title after Vilnius in 2009. Its slogan – ‘From temporary...

The Yiddish Podcast Episode #1 - "Doctor - Yiddish"

The Yiddish Podcast is a soundtrack from the past, recorded in the present, for the future. This series focuses on Yiddish culture: its...

The fourth collection of poems by Moishe Lemster was published in Russian translation

Mordehay Yushkovsky Moses (Moishe) Lemster is one of the most prominent modern writers in Yiddish. He is a bright representative of...

Ber Halpern (1902, Darsūniškis, Lithuania - 1984, Vilnius)

The prose writer Ber Halpern was born into a teacher's family and spent his childhood in a small shtetl Darsūniškis (in Yiddish named...

Thank You Letter

We are happy to share with our friends and Yiddish lovers the letter of thanks we received from the head of the "Nativ" service at the...

The International Day of Tolerance

To mark the International Day of Tolerance on November 16, the National Library of Lithuania and the WJC’s International Yiddish Center...

Jonathan is silent!

Jonathan Hirschfeld Several years ago, the goddess of fortune blessed me with the opportunity to be present in an excited audience when...

Seeds that didn't wait to be sown

On the 20th anniversary of the death of Emil Gorovets and the 69th anniversary of the execution of the JAC members. AUGUST 17, 2021 marks...

Who are you, The Black Doba?

By Mordechai Yushkovsky Dealing with a work of fiction, literary scholars are curious to look for an answer to the question: where truth...

Would you like to create your own film? JAFFE!

The unique Jewish international education project is looking for new participants. Participation is free! All those, who have always...

LIMMUD FSU AND WJC INTERNATIONAL YIDDISH CENTER SPECIAL EVENT: “YIDDISH – WE ALL NEED IT”

Officially entitled “Yiddish – why do we need it,” the session featured a series of speakers between whom there was no disagreement at...

The International Yiddish Center invites you to take part in the International Film Project JAFFE!

Registration has started for participation in a unique Jewish international educational project. Participation is free! Now everyone who...

The purim-shpil

is a skit or monologue that is performed, usually in the vernacular, in a domestic setting at the festive Purim family meal. It has...