Yiddish Culture

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

To mark its centenary, YIVO stages a work about the competing visions for a monumental, and aborted, reference work about the language of Eastern Europe’s Jews.

How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music

Manuscripts and arrangements of music performed on Yiddish radio station WEVD sat in a basement for 40 years.

7 standout items from a new exhibit celebrating Yiddish New York

The Jewish Theological Seminary dips into its archives to show the political and cultural ferment of Jewish immigrants.

New York

An ahead-of-its-time klezmer album will be performed live for the first time

Culture

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

Culture

A collection of Yiddish songs was thought lost forever. Now they’ve been nominated for a Grammy.

Global

Romania institutes National Day of the Yiddish Language and Theater

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At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music

7 standout items from a new exhibit celebrating Yiddish New York

An ahead-of-its-time klezmer album will be performed live for the first time

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

A collection of Yiddish songs was thought lost forever. Now they’ve been nominated for a Grammy.

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Romania institutes National Day of the Yiddish Language and Theater

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