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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

Interview

Samderin un Shisbezem: An Interview with Harry Potter Translator Arele Viswanath

Arele Viswanath shares the chal­lenges and inno­va­tions of trans­lat­ing Har­ry Pot­ter into Yiddish.

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Yiddish Podcasts in Conversation: Vaybertaytsh and Dos Yidishe Kol

The hosts of two beloved Yid­dish pod­casts chat about how they came to cre­ate their pro­grams, with a bilin­gual transcript.

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Hasidic Songs about Coronavirus: A Wonderful Voice of Renewal / חסידישע קאראנע-לידער א וואונדערליכע שטימע פון חידוש

The phe­nom­e­non of Coro­na songs in the frum world shows us that some­thing quite new is hap­pen­ing with regard to Hasidic music.

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Voices from Black Lives Matter Protests: קולות פֿון בלעק לײַװס מעטער פּראָטעסטן

Bilin­gual reflec­tions com­piled by Zackary Sholem Berg­er and authored by Berg­er, Sara Feld­man, and Antho­ny Rus­sell, Jew­ish activists who took part in recent Black Lives Mat­ter protests.

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