Etiqueta: eventos yiddish

About the course Open the door for a better understanding of classical Yiddish literature. Verbs are probably the trickiest part of speech in Yiddish. When you know all the possibilities of Yiddish verbs you can...

כאָטש טייל מענטשן האָבן הנאה פֿון די זומערדיקע היצן האָבן אַנדערע ליבערשט די קילע, פֿרישע, האַרבסטיקע לופֿט, ווען סע בײַטן זיך די קאָלירן פֿון די בלעטער און די געפֿאַלענע בלעטער קנאַקן זיי אונטער די...

Intermediate-to-advanced level speakers are welcome to join us in a linguistic and literary trip back in time to a world of Eastern European Jews of the  19th century. Reb Nakhman's Tales, works by Dr. Solomon Ettinger...

How does a young girl respond when she's recruited to help translate her mother's landmark work from Yiddish? What is it like to delve into the intimacies of your mother's words and life, some of...

You don't need a treadmill or a Pilates class to do exercise - there are so many things you can do in the comfort of your own home or in the park, for example,...

אויף דער הייאָריקער ייִדיש־וואָך, אין קאָפּייק, נ״י, האָט רות כּהן, אַ פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע ייִדישע איבערזעצערין און פֿאַרטײַטשערין, אויפֿגעטראָטן אויף דער יערלעכער טאַלאַנטאַרניע מיט אַ ריי ייִדישע וויצן, וואָס האָבן געהאַט אין זיך דעם טראַדיציאָנעלן איראָנישן חן...

Are you still confused about when to use dos, di, der? And on top of it, what is it with dem? Why the word girl in Yiddish is of neuter grammatical gender? What is...

Adapted from a book of children's stories by Yiddish author Chaver Paver, Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup follows the (mis)adventures of a clever mutt named Labzik and the working-class Jewish family that adopts him. Balancing...

It is remarkable how often people have spoken about Yiddish as if it were a kind of person or that it had a personality—that is, attributing a human character to the language, irrespective of...