October 04, 2008
Shepsil Kanarek Cantor auditione
(Thank you, Tom Geller)
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February 18, 2008
How much I love you
If I had wings, I would fly to you
And if I had chains, I would pull you to me
On that side of the river, on that side of the bank
The boughs are bent
There, there stands my sweetheart with tearful eyes
Oh stop weeping, stop wailing
You will accomplish nothing with tears
Open up my heart - you'll see that it's black
You'll know how much I love you
(Performed by Inna & Ljova Zhurbin. From a thread about the best of MetaFilter Music)
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November 25, 2007
S'iz given a shvere togedike nakht
Battle Hymn of the Republic in Yiddish sung by Seymour Rechtzeit
(Beatles YouTube above performed by California Klezmer)
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October 30, 2006
Invading Kennebunkport
What’s a “farbisseneh”? Who are the “goyim”? What’s a “shmeggegge”? Yiddish with George and Laura, by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
Virtual Klezmer (German site. MP3’s)
Re-post: Yinglish
A Yiddish version of "The Pirates of Penzance", AKA Di Yam Gazlonim
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June 15, 2006
O'zog, kenstu sehn
The Star-Spangled Banner translated into Yiddish (and into Spanish, as Nuestro Himno):
O'zog, kenstu sehn, wen bagin licht dervacht,
Vos mir hoben bagrist in farnachtigen glihen?
Die shtreifen un shtern, durch shreklicher nacht,
Oif festung zich hoiben galant un zich tsein?
Yeder blitz fun rocket, yeder knal fun kanon,
Hot bawizen durch nacht: az mir halten die Fohn!
O, zog, tzi der "Star Spangled Banner" flatert in roim,
Ueber land fun die freie, fun brave die heim!
My Grandfather’s Postcard Collection
Yiddish Musicals, starring Leo Fuchs, the "Yiddish Fred Astaire" & others
Listen to Yiddish Music if you want
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September 16, 2005
The Peter Schmuck File
Pete, ever think of changing your name?
"Actually I did, Buddy."
"You did?!"
"Yeah, my name used to be Richard, but I got tired of people calling me Dick." (From 'Getting over the Hump in Learning Yiddish')
Homeland security in Yiddish: "How long did it take the Twin Towers to fall? 8 seconds. How long will it take to save Williamsburg from the artists???"
A contract with God, the first graphic novel in Yiddish, by Will Eisner. (Thank you, Steven M. Bergson)
Bagels and Bongos, Yiddish standards done to a 50’s Latin beat by Irving Fields
The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
A short glossary of Yiddish words. Online Yiddish Dictionary
The National Yiddish Book Center
Blogs in Yiddish: שלום בערגער, The Yiddish Journal, קטלא קניא, naye un alte lider, דער חָסיד נוֹעם סטאַריק, אין מױל אַרײַן
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December 09, 2004
The Joys of Yinglish
Excellent third piece in the “Vidlit” series, Yiddish with Dick and Jane. (From “Friday Fish Wrap”)
It's relatively common knowledge among comic book aficionados that the American comic industry was created and dominated by Jews… So the concrete result for me as a child was that my favorite comics were filled with Yiddish-isms … The first syndicated Jewish comic character strip was "Abie the Agent"…
The Joys of Yinglish? For America, a bissele of the mama loshen goes a long way.But Yiddish scholars are cringing
240 faces of Tel Aviv, portraits of public figures the city named streets after. (From ”Kol Yom”)
Graphic art of Jewish illustrators and the Fathers of modern Yiddish literature - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Isaac Leib Peretz and Sholem Aleichem. From The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
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May 01, 2004
Jewish Senior Schlepped To Emergency Room (Headline from “The Onion”)
Thousands of Jewish Jokes:
It was mealtime during a flight on El-Al.
"Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked Moshe, seated in front.
"What are my choices?" Moshe asked.
"Yes or no," she replied.
A man arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport with two large bags.
The customs agent opens the first bag and finds it full with money so he asks the passenger, "How did you get this money?"
The man says, "You will not believe it, but I traveled all over Europe, went into public restrooms, each time I saw a man pee, I grabbed his organ and said, "donate money to Israel or I will cut-off your testicles."
The customs agent is stunned and mumbles: "well...it's a very interesting story... what do you have in the other bag?"
The man says, "You would not believe how many people in Europe do not support Israel"...
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. “
A Rabbi was opening his mail one morning. Taking a single sheet of paper from an envelope he found written on it only one word: "shmuck." At the next Friday night service, the Rabbi announced, "I have known many people who have written letters and forgot to sign their names, but this week I received a letter from someone who signed his name and forgot to write a letter.”
Signs on Synagogue Bulleting Boards:
- Come early for a good seat.
An elderly Jewish man is knocked down by a car and brought to the local hospital. A pretty nurse tucks him into bed and says, "Mr. Epstein, are you comfortable?"
Epstein replies, "I make a nice living...."
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April 14, 2004
Links in Yiddish (?)
Yiddish Words found in English, from “He's got cacamaimey ideas” to “So, that's his shtick”
"Useful Expressions" in Yiddish - When can you use them? Just what are you supposed to do with this book? By Michael Chabon
Yiddish Sheet Music. From the Collections of Brown University Library. (Found at “Life In The Present”)
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January 31, 2004
Here are the 2003 “Grow-a-Brain” Yiddish Links
Braille in Yiddish (PDF)
Beyond the Pale - The Jews in Russia
Dr. Seuss goes Yiddish (From "Buzz Machine" ) - 9/14/03 (And Latin - "Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!" ... ) - 9/28/03 )
The night when Zanvel Aronson was knighted
Yiddish Expressions, a Glossary (From "Ariga")
Yiddishkeit Words and Expressions
Yiddish Songs - 11/7/03
Yiddish Theater Posters , (From "Off on a Tangent") - 10/14/03
Zemerl, Yiddish Songs
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