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Sabell Bender: From Melodrama to Realism, Part 2 of 2. Recorded May 23, 2010

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First time release, leading expert in Yiddish Theatre Sabell Bender enlightens through this entertaining talk with dramatic readings from popular Yiddish plays (in English). 

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Intro to the Last Golden Links: Yiddish Treasures Video Archive

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Avrum Traiber, who was a member of “Undzer Grupe” LA Yiddish reading circle, reciting a poem by the famous Yiddish Bard Itzik Manger, in his beautiful Bessarabian Yiddish dialect which is now very rate. The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL) is a non profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of Yiddish.

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Avrum Traiber Reads Itzik Manger. Recorded February 2, 2016

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Avrum Traiber, who was a member of “Undzer Grupe” LA Yiddish reading circle, reciting a poem by the famous Yiddish Bard Itzik Manger, in his beautiful Bessarabian Yiddish dialect which is now very rare.

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Drops of Joy – Poetry of Moshe Shklar Recorded February 17, 2013

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Venture through the works of LA’s own Award-Winning Yiddish Poet Moshe Shklar in an event that honors Shklar’s moving and inspiring works through readings, in Yiddish and English and some in Polish, with musical interludes. Recorded 2-17-13 at the Santa Monica Synagogue.

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Bella Bryks-Klein – In the Footsteps of My Father Recorded June 26, 2011

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Take a trip down memory lane with Executive Director of The Yiddish Cultural Center in Tel Aviv Bella Bryks-Klein as she retells the life of her father Rachmil Bryks, famous Yiddish author known for A Cat in the Ghetto. Recorded June 26,2011 at the Institute for Jewish Education, Los Angeles.

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