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Really interesting interview with the Satmar rabbi who endorsed Mamdani. Mamdani comes off very well in this interview, both as a politician and a decent human being, very much unlike Cuomo
The Kingmaker from Williamsburg - Mishpacha Magazine
“How could you endorse Mamdani?” Tough questions for Satmar askan Rabbi Moishe Indig
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November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trying to get more Yiddish listening practice, and all I can say is that if all fluent Yiddish speakers spoke at 75% speed, it would be much easier. It reminds me of when as a kid I was trying to get from 11 to 13 words per minute with Morse code to get a General license, and it was a big hurdle.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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“While the Rosenbach was able to partly recover NEH funding by submitting project expense reports, Bates characterized the information coming from the NEH throughout the process as conflicting, infrequent, & irregular, which contrasts w/ the transparency of the NEH before Trump.” shorturl.at/c9maJ
Literacy Dies in Darkness
Philly’s local Rosenbach Museum faces uncertainty months after the Trump administration cut federal funding.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
grumpy!
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Khaver Mamdani campaigns in Yiddish
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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For the day that is unfortunately known as Columbus Day, here's an old Yiddish song, "Lebn zol kolumbus," expressing an ironic tension between the naive imagined reality of the US as a golden land for Jewish immigrants and the reality of the Leo Frank case. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGTT...
Lebn zol Kolumbus! (Long Live Columbus!) Yiddish theater song with English subtitles.
YouTube video by Jane Peppler
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October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
איך האָב אײַנגעשריבן אין דעמ קלאַס. איך װעל סוף־כּל־סוף לײענען לאַבזיק! אָבער, איך האָף אַז איך װעל קענען פֿאַרשטײן די שמועסן.
Intermediate Yiddish with Annie Cohen: Labzik — stories of a militant puppy: Thursday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11, 18, Jan. 8 — The Workers Circle
Thursday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11, 18, Jan. 8 In this class we will read Chaver Paver's children's book Labzik — a 1930s story of a New York puppy who ...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"where the emperor goes on foot" - euphemism for toilet. I read this through first in a Yiddish script version w/o looking at the footnotes, and was a bit befuddled by that.
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
fun book!
September 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm reading a bio of Yip Harburg, and it says that The Wizard of Oz did not get great reviews when first released, aside from a rave in the New York Times. I was curious if it was reviewed in the Yiddish press, and I found this very favorable review in the Morgn Freiheit, 8/21/39.
September 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
באָב׳ס מאַרקעטינג איז אַזױ אָן בושה אַז איך מוז עס ליב האָבן
July 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
איך פֿאַרשטײ נישט פֿאַרװאָס, אױף דעם ערשטן עפּיזאָד פֿון ״yidlife crisis״, אײן מענטש שרײַן ״טשומסקי!״ אױף דעמ אַנדער.
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
לעצטן װאָך בין איך געגאַנגן שפּאַצירן אין מערבֿ פֿילאַדעלפֿיע און עס איז געװען אַ קעסטל מיט אַ צאָל אַלטע 45ער. דאָס איז געװען אײנע פֿון זײַ.
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
רעגירונג געלט פֿאַר מלחמה און טורמעס איז נישט “גרױסע רעגירונג”?
July 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
פֿאַר אַ בוך גרופּע װאָס איך בין אין איר לײנען איך װידער ״מאַוס״ באַנד אײנס אונ אױך באַנד צװײ, װאָס איך האָב קײנמאָל נישט געלעײנענט. איך האָב געזוכט אן אינטערװוּ מיטן מחבר אַרט שפּיגלמאַן צו הערן בשעת איך גײ שפּאַצירן און איך האָב געפֿונען אײנס פֿון סטאַדס טערקעל.
Discussing the book "Maus: Survivor's Tale" with the artist and author Art Spiegelman
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July 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
עס איז אינטערעסאַנט װי די ״סעזאָן דרײ״ מאַכט אַ גרױסן חילוק אין דער איבערזעצונג.
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
איך ניץ בלױ־הימל צו פּראַקטיציר שרײַבן אױף ייִדיש. איך װײס אַז איך װעל מאַכן טעותים אָבער עס װעל מיר העלפֿן צו געדענקען װאָקאַבולאַר. למשל, ״טעות/טועתים״
July 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
דער װיסאַהיקאָן איז פֿאַר אַלעמען
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
אפֿשר זאָל איך שרײַבן מײַנע פּאָליטישע מײנונגען אױף יידיש בשעת די רעגירונג באַטראַכט צװײ פֿאָרשונג פֿאָרשלאָגן
July 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM