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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
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Die Zweiflers and Frankfurt's Yiddish Underworld
The new ARD mini-series Die Zweiflers (The Zweiflers), a German TV, depicts the involvement of four generations of a Jewish family and their involvement in the red-light district in post-Holocaust Frankfurt, and displays their usage of Yiddish as it shifts over generations.
Feb 24, 2025
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Family Photos: A Yiddishist Looks at Mischpoche
What Andreas Mühe’s Mischpoche beckons is a Yiddish kvetsh—someone to squeeze the term, pinch and press it, articulate where the stress should fall.
May 28, 2024
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Beyond the Theater of Memory: Reflections on Yiddish Singing in the German-Speaking World
Isabel Frey reflects on the challenges and possibilities of performing Yiddish music as a Jewish performer in Germany and Austria beyond the insulated Berlin klezmer scene.
May 18, 2022
Interview
"We Should Not Create Enemies": Europe's Refugee Crisis and Yiddish Song
Austrian shepherd Hans Breuer on driving refugees across the border, and getting famous for singing Yiddish songs.
Feb 23, 2016