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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A Harsh, a Guttural, and an Any but Euphonious Jangle of Sounds

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Is there anything I love more than vintage polemics against that other language of love, Yiddish? I was reminded of my passion for that bas...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

A Mighty Resurgence Just Keeps on Surging

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So, here's an article about the 15th annual conference of the International Association of Yiddish Club s, tsu lange yorn. But the confe...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga

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There are plenty of English translations of Yiddish literature. But excellent, eminently readable translations? With fantastic notes and exp...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

You know how it is? When someone else gets a book deal to write about your ex-boyfriend?

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Yeah, I didn't know either, until this morning. That's when I stumbled on this... Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde: A True S...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Heebits and Hobbits

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The Hobbit was recently translated from English into Yiddish and  Heeb is here to tell us about it: Hey, some people collect stamps; Som...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

The year in Yiddish revivals, with a prologue by Molly Picon

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Wow. It's been a year (pretty much to the day) since I revived this blog. I've covered everything from OTD Hasidim to masturbation...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

My last post about Gangnam Style אויף יידיש

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First off, I want to say 'mazl tov' to Suri and Eli Leno on their recent marriage. It's not everyday your khasene goes viral. (O...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Memes of the British Atlantis

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The BBC News Magazine has an article this week called New York, a graveyard for languages . No, please Doctor, don't sugar coat it! D...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Move Over Dschinghis Khan, Gangnam Style Has Arrived in Boro Park

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It's not true that the Haredi community rejects secular culture. They just absorb it, turn it Yiddish and pretend like nothing ever happ...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Gevalt! Yiddish Is (kind of) Alive in Canada

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It's Khanike (Chanuka/Hanukkah) time and you know what that means? Obligatory article about the survival/struggle/revival/renaissance/zo...
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