Past Events
How to Translate Yiddish Humor into Japanese and Not Lose Your Punchline, talk by Prof. Yoshiji Hirose, back by popular demand
How to Translate Yiddish Humor into Japanese and Not Lose Your Punchline, talk by Prof. Yoshiji Hirose, back by popular demand.-
How To Translate Yiddish Humor Into Japanese… Without Losing Your Punchline!
Santa Monica Synagogue 1448 18th St., (at Broadway) , Santa Monica, CA, United StatesFitting Fanfare: Celebrating Yiddish Author
Santa Monica Synagogue 1448 18th St., (at Broadway) , Santa Monica, CA, United StatesFitting Fanfare: Celebrating Yiddish Author Jacob Dinezon יעקבֿ דינעזאָן On His 100th Yortsayt צו זײַן 100טן יאָרצײַט Thanks to one man's quest to restore a once-beloved and wildly popular Yiddish writer to his rightful place in the pantheon of Jewish literature, the world is once again celebrating the life and works of Jacob Dinezon. Dinezon […]
How a Trove of Yiddish Letters Led to a Journey of Discovery
Santa Monica Synagogue 1448 18th St., (at Broadway) , Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHow a Trove of Yiddish Letters Led to a Journey of Discovery Talk and Book Signing with Dr. David Slucki, Ph.D. Q & A with Dr. Holli Levitsky, Ph.D. A year after his father's untimely death while visiting Los Angeles, David Slucki, a native of Melbourne, Australia, was handed a cache of Yiddish letters written […]
Coming to America – Reading Groups for Public Libraries—Yiddish Literature in Translation
Studio City Branch Library Studio City, CA, United StatesJoin us as we kick off a special five-part book discussion series focusing on the immigrant experience through the lens of Yiddish literature. The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading and Discussion program at the LA City Public Libraries aims to engage teens and adults in thinking about immigrants’ experiences when encountering America: In […]
Holocaust Resistance in Yiddish Poetry & Song
"And The Words Belong to the People" - Holocaust Resistance in Yiddish Poetry & Song Featuring Mike Burstyn Miri Koral A Facebook Live Event in Commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Hosted by the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust LINK FOR JOINING on April 21. . . . Perhaps these words will endure, And live to […]
Remembering Moshe Leyb Halpern Modernist Yiddish Poet
REMEMBERING MOSHE LEYB HALPERN MODERNIST YIDDISH POET אַנדענק פֿאַר משה לײב האַלפּערן Join us on Facebook Live this Sunday, August 30, from 11 AM - 12 (2-3 PM EST) for an artistic tribute to the groundbreaking Yiddish modernist poet, Moyshe Leyb Halpern (1886 - Aug. 31, 1932). Organized by the Congress for Jewish Culture and […]
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May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir Triptych presents three memoirs by the Yiddish writer Rachmil Bryks (1912-1974). Taken together, the triptych brings the reader on a wide-ranging journey from Hasidic life in a Polish shtetl before the Holocaust to the chaos of the early days of World War II and then to the horrors of […]