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LITHUANIA (Russian or Polish, Litwa; in Jewish writings ):
Formerly a grand duchy, politically connected more or less intimately with Poland, and with the latter annexed to Russia. Lithuania originally embraced only the waywodeships of Wilna and Troki; but… more →
Tranz Catz Underground
Semitic Soul "Diaspora Dayenu Mix"
wrote 25 minutes ago: A recently uncovered episode of Semitic Soul with sparks of cumbia baile balkan roma klezmer music. … more →
Beginnings of my Div III
wrote 1 day ago: It’s the season to start asking about Division III topics, and when I say that my Div III thes … more →
Rebecca
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wrote 2 days ago: Name: Rebecca Age: 15 Hometown: Westchester, NY Favorite Color: Orange Current Obsession: Watercolor … more →
A Bisl Yiddish: Yiddish connecting Jews and Arabs | JPost | Israel News
wrote 3 days ago: Relating to Yiddish doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the language itself. The story and … more →
weekend music breakout
wrote 4 days ago: “Filmed June 9, 2013, Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival. Michael Winograd and the Klezmer Or … more →
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Singer in the Shtetl, the Shtetl in Singer (2004 lecture)
wrote 5 days ago: Isaac Bashevis Singer. Source: MDCarchives cropped by Beyond My Ken, Wikimedia Commons. This is a le … more →
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy
wrote 1 week ago: From Isaac Bashevis Singer’s story, Yentl the Yeshiva Boy: Questions: 1.) Is Yentl/Anshel more … more →
Tent: Creative Writing Reflections
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wrote 1 week ago: I finished the Tent Creative Writing Workshop on Sunday, which is a program designed for young Jewis … more →
I could cook...
wrote 1 week ago: I could cook up a Yiddish dream with 19397 boxes of Knaidel Mix [via Livonia Glatt] … more →
S. Ansky- The Dybbuk
wrote 1 week ago: The Dybbuk is a play based on Hassidic legends and exorcism rituals witnessed by the playwright, Ans … more →
'That sounds so Kugelish.'
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wrote 1 week ago: So POT BO and I were having a little chat and I told him that my friend was going to book a nail app … more →
That awkward moment when you realise you're not wearing a sports bra.
wrote 2 weeks ago: You ever have one of those “ah ha!” moments? Well, I just had one, except it was followe … more →
Machine Translation Extravaganza (LING 567, TODAY, 1:30-2:30pm)
wrote 2 weeks ago: This Wednesday (TODAY, June 5th) Ling 567 will hold its MT extravaganza when we play with a multilin … more →
Inaugural Post
wrote 2 weeks ago: We’ve all been rooting for Arvind Mahankali to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee for some … more →
London streethearts // W6
wrote 2 weeks ago: King St, London W6 … more →
The Great Knaidel Konundrum
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wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been almost a week now, but we are still draying about the winning word in the 86th annual Scri … more →
spare cash?
wrote 2 weeks ago: if you have any, there are some good places that you could kick it to… and if you don’t … more →
I write kneidel, you write knaidl
wrote 2 weeks ago: When I heard that Arvind Mahankali won the National Spelling Bee on Thursday night with the word kna … more →
Bottled up
wrote 2 weeks ago: Mesmerizing: the perfect word to describe “The Golem and the Jinni”, the debut novel by … more →
