Vaysrusland: “Zion at Belarusian hills”

How Yiddish language and Litvakes enriched Belarusian culture

What were they singing about?

UNVEILING A SECRETS OF ‘PASSOVER MEDLEY’ BY THE BARRY SISTERS

Tamara’s visit

The best thing about my friends living far from me is that we can meet after two years and be as close as we used to be! My dear friend Tamara who married and moved to London since then, visited a workshop at Medem Library and also my place!

Symposium in Trier-1

I took the risk of missing three days of classes and went to the Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany. I visited it for the first time last year, that time in Dusseldorf, with a talk in Yiddish. It was a big advancement for me, and this year I encouraged two students of our Yiddish…

Jewish nicknames in a Ukrainian ‘shtayteleh’

Open letter written by Ethy Kipperman to Jakov Tsapovsky

Прозвища евреев в местечке Хмельник

Открытое письмо Якову Цаповскому от Эти Киперман

A little bit of dirty Yiddish

Sometimes it sounds even nastier (and naughtier!) than you ever could…