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Yiddish

Veteran comics artist Trina Robbins (Photo/Jessica Christian)
Posted inCulture

Veteran of underground comics scene adapts her father’s Yiddish tales

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 31, 2017November 2, 2017
Ariel Luckey will perform his klezmer hip-hop in "Cabaret by the Bay" at JCC East Bay, Nov. 5.
Posted inCulture

Yiddish culture, including Klezmer hip-hop, celebrated at ‘Cabaret by the Bay’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 18, 2017March 23, 2018
a man (Menashe) and boy walking down the street together, both in traditional hasidic garb
Posted inCulture

Yiddish drama ‘Menashe’ opens lens on Hasidic Brooklyn

by Michael Fox August 9, 2017March 23, 2018
the front page of an 1898 issue of the forward
Posted inArt, Culture, Music

Folk Chorus concert tells immigrants’ Yiddish stories

by J. Staff June 8, 2017June 7, 2017
black and white family photos
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Haunting Yiddish song of mother’s war trauma inspires film

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 17, 2017March 23, 2018
Singer Jeanette Lewicki (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Community Library)
Posted inArt, Culture, On Stage, Theater

Local singer brings to life cross-dressing Yiddish vaudevillian

by Hannah Rubin January 10, 2017March 23, 2018
Posted inUncategorized, Art, Books

Striking stories help rescue Yiddish and Ladino from oblivion

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 5, 2017January 5, 2017

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