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At the inspiring Folksbiene event on Monday evening, many people in their 20s and 30s cheered and sang along with the Yiddish and Klezmer stars onstage. forward.com/yiddish-world/…

The new publication emphasizes the contribution of Soviet Yiddish writers to the development of modern Yiddish culture. Image: The poet Alexander Pushkin, whose work was often translated into Yiddish forward.com/yiddish/724306…

#YiddishWordOfTheDay: Shavuos Learn the Yiddish words for the tasty dairy dishes we eat on this spring holiday. #shavuos #shavuot #shvues youtube.com/watch?v=P-Woya…

As you read the story in #Yiddish or in English translation, or listen to the recording, check out the glossary in this article to find the meaning of the lesser known vegetarian dishes that he mentions in the story. forward.com/yiddish/723877…

Looking for an online group with whom to practice your Yiddish? Join the Parizer Yidish Tsenter (Paris Yiddish Center) this Sunday, June 1, at 2 p.m. ET. A free welcoming place to speak "af mame-loshn!"

VIDEO: As we get closer to the holiday of #Shvues (#Shavuot), watch us prepare cheese blintzes the way it was made in Eastern Europe — delicious, but with much less sugar than the frozen variety sold in U.S. supermarkets today. forward.com/yiddish-world/…

More than 100 years ago, #Kabbalah was already influencing classical Russian poets. Photo: the St. Petersburg mason Ivan Yelagin, who authored several books of his own Kabbalistic interpretations. forward.com/yiddish/723352…

LA journalist Rob Eshman writes that the time has come for a reckoning in the anti-Israel movement: "The murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim should mark the end of the belief that the only path to a 'Free Palestine' is to abolish Israel." forward.com/yiddish/722593…

Today’s #YiddishWordOfTheDay: Dreaming Learn how to say: "We're dreaming of a more beautiful, much better world." #Yiddish #dreaming youtube.com/watch?v=yJKWyK…

Watch this interview with Yiddish literature scholar Thomas Soxberger about the history of the Yiddish publishing houses and their influence on Jewish life in #Vienna. The interview is in #Yiddish. forward.com/yiddish/721903…

In 2022, someone left original artwork by the artist Ari Lochakov on benches in Crane Cove Park, SF. Yet Lochakov perished in Paris in 1941. Jennifer A. Stern offers some possible explanations for this modern-day mystery. (Article in #Yiddish) forward.com/yiddish/721420…

In 1966, relations between the USSR and Israel seemed to be thawing. Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin even hinted that the government was ready to allow people "who want to unite with their relatives abroad" to emigrate. forward.com/yiddish/721225…

As Jews begin celebrating L'Ag B'Omer on Thursday night, watch this video of a huge Chabad parade celebrating the holiday, where the Rebbe speaks in Yiddish about the children and their families of the Lubavitch community. forward.com/yiddish/720340…

Improve your Yiddish with this easy news brief. You’ll read about nine Jews who tried to sneak a sacrificial goat onto the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The report includes text and audio. If you don’t know a word, highlight it for a translation. forward.com/yiddish/720163…

Two readers comment on Jennifer Stern’s article “A photo of my bubbe when Jewish stores still had Yiddish signs": David Mazower, research bibliographer and chief curator at the Yiddish Book Center, and Chana Bursztyn, a retired physician in Illinois. forward.com/yiddish-world/…

On Thursday, May 22, the #Yiddish writer and editor Boris Sandler will be celebrated with a concert including classical pianist Evgeny Kissin, actors Allen L. Rickman and Yelena Shmuelenson and klezmer musician Zisl Slepovitch. forward.com/yiddish/718822…

Yiddish scholar Jan Schwarz will describe how #Yiddish, an official minority language in #Sweden, is generously supported in the fields of academia, media and publishing. forward.com/yiddish-world/…

In "Breakdown", the hero, Hersh Grinberg, leaves his wife and child and embarks on his own complicated spiritual journey. (Article in Yiddish) forward.com/yiddish/719254…

In this recording, Rabbi Dov Ber Soloveitchik tells a story in Yiddish which is unique in that it includes several personal conversations between Reb Chaim and his wife, Relke. forward.com/yiddish/718738…

Mani Leib and Rashel Vaprinsky, who were romantically linked for many years, both describe their mother's piety. This article is in #Yiddish. Double-click on any word to get its English definition! forward.com/yiddish/718621…