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Announcements
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באַקענט זיך מיט אונדזער נײַעם אויספֿיר־דירעקטאָר!
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Blits-Buletin 5/27/2026 – CORRECTED: “Yiddish & German: Old Relatives, New Neighbors?” THIS SUNDAY! 5/31/26; Shmueskrayz 6/7/26; Folktales and more with Justin Jaron Lewis (video out now!)
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Blits-Buletin 4/24/2026: Shmueskrayz 4/26/26 (THIS SUNDAY); Folktales and more with Justin Jaron Lewis (5/3/26); Montreal Workers Circle (video out now!)
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Blits-Buletin 3/24/2026: The History of the Workmen’s Circle in Montreal (3/29/26); “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” reading (video out now!)
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Blits-Buletin 3/17/2026: Passover Shmueskrayz with Eli Benedict (3/22/26); Eidel Malowicki (video out now!)
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Blits-Buletin 1/20/2025: Eidel Malowicki “Growing up Hasidic in Vienna” (1/25/2026); Pearl Gluck (video out now!)
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Celebrate our new Peretz student reader! At YIVO, Tuesday, February 10 at 6pm
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אונדזער רעדאַקטאָרס ייִדיש אָפּטימיזם Our Editor’s Yiddish Optimism
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פֿאַרפֿעלט נישט דעם לעצטן נומער „אױפֿן שװעל“!
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ייִדיש־אָפּטימיזם!
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בר־מיצווה־יאָר פֿון „ווערטער פֿון דער וואָך“
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Blits-Buletin 12/19/25: Verter Fun Der Vokh’s Bar-Mitzvah; “Harry Potter: The Potions Master” (Videos out now)
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Blits-Buletin 11/19/25: Pearl Gluck “Yiddish, Film and Storytelling” (11/23/25); Moishele Alfonso (Video out now)
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װידעאָ ערשט אַרױס מיט װיװי לאַקס װעגן „East End Jews“
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Celebrating YIVO’s centennial
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Vivi Lachs on “East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press” – October 29th, 2025
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Blits-Buletin 9/11/25: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath on Verter Fun Der Vokh’s bar-mitzvah (9/28/25); Miriam Trinh (Video out now)
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Blits-Buletin 8/22/25: Moishele Alfonso, “Afn veg: Zibn dertseylungen fun Y-.L. Perets” (8/31/25); Allan Nadler (Video out now)
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וועגן דעם אַרויסקום פֿון אויפֿן וועג: זיבן דערציילונגען פֿון י.־ל. פּרץ!
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Celebrating Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
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Miriam Trinh on Chaim Grade! In person – August 25, 2025
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מעלדונג: די קאַמער־אָפּערע The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language
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We’ve moved! The League for Yiddish moves uptown…
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Blits-Buletin 6/24/25: R. Allan Nadler on Vilna’s Lost and Found Treasures (6/29/2025); Jacob Finkelman (Video out now)
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Blits-Buletin 5/13/25: Jacob Finkelman on Yiddish in Mexico (5/18/25); Dov-Ber Kotlerman (Video out now)
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Your support keeps us publishing in Yiddish
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Blits-Buletin 3/28/25: Dov-Ber Kotlerman (4/6/25); Thomas Soxberger (Video out now)
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געניסט פֿון דזשאַש וואַלעצקיס נײַער ייִדישער מוזיק!
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Blits-Buletin 2/14/25: Thomas Soxberger (2/25/25) Eli Sharfstein (Video out now)
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אַ ליטעראַרישער יום־טובֿ לכּבֿוד אַ נײַ ביכל פּאָעזיע, תּקיעת־כּף: דיפּטיכלעך, פֿון פּראָפֿ׳ בערל קאָטלערמאַן דעם 19טן פֿעברואַר 2025!
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Blits-Buletin 1/9/25: Eli Sharfstein (1/13/25); Claudia Rosenzweig (Video out now)
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Blits-Buletin 12/2/24: Claudia Rosenzweig (12/8/24); Yohanan Lowen (Video out now)
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This Sunday (11/10)! “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” in Yiddish – reading/signing at CYCO
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Blits-Buletin 10/21/24: Yohanan Lowen on Enlightenment and the Rabbis – 10/27/24; Riki Rose video out now
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Blits-Buletin 9/13/24: Riki Rose (9/22/24); Moty Rozen (Video out now)
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Video out now! Yermiyahu Ahron Taub: A yeshiva boy who became a poet
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Video out now! Daniel Soyer on 200 Yiddish Immigrant Autobiographies
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Blits-Buletin 6/24/24
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Blits-Buletin 5/22/24: New video! “From Kiryas Tosh to the Unknown” with Shifra Lowen
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Blits-Buletin 5/13/24
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Spring is here! Support the growth of Yiddish!
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דער ייִדישער פֿאַרלאַג אין שװעדן קומט אויף אַ זומישן שמועס מיטן שרײַבער און אַרויסגעבער קאָליע (ניקאָלײַ) אָלניאַנסקי,זונטיק דעם 14טן אַפּריל 2024
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Blits-Buletin 3/8/24: Shifra Lowen “From Kiryas Tosh to the unknown” (3/17); Yaad Biran video up now!
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Press Release: “War in Israel” – special issue of “Afn Shvel” out now
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Blits-Buletin 2/4/24: Yaad Biran on Yiddish In Tel Aviv (2/11); Dov-Ber Kerler video up now!
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It’s Not Too Late To Support Yiddish In 2023!
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Blits-Buletin 12/28/23: Dov-Ber Kerler on Literary Yiddish; New video: The Klezmer tradition in Israel
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A personal note to our supporters
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Words/Verter matter! And so does your support
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Blits-Buletin 11/29/23: The Klezmer tradition in Israel (12/10/23); New video: Raising Children in Yiddish
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Blits-Buletin 11/3/23: Raising Children in Yiddish (11/12/23); New video: The Beginning of Yiddish Literature
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Wed, Oct 11: Yiddishland Literary Evening at the James Gallery
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Blits-Buletin 9/15/23: End of year round-up! New video: A view of the Forward archive!
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“Yiddish Poetry and Creativity” – September 12, 2023 – Live in Toronto and online!
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ערבֿ תּשפֿ״ד: שטיצט די ייִדש־ליגע!
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מיר איצט אַ מער פּרטימדיקן און צוטריטלעכן זוכצעטל צו ייִדיש צװײ!
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Blits-Buletin 8/18/23: The beginnings of Yiddish literature with Simon Neuberg (8/27); Frieda Vizel video out now!
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Blits-Buletin 6/8/23 – Tuesday 6/20: Hershl Glasser on the beginnings of Yiddish ; Video: Elye Palevsky & Bundism!
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Blits-Buletin 6/8/23 – Tuesday 6/20: Hershl Glasser on the beginnings of Yiddish ; Video: Elye Palevsky & Bundism!
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Blits-Buletin 5/20/23 – Sunday 5/21: Elye Palevsky & Bundism; R. Michael Schnitzler z”l tribute video
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Blits-Buletin 5/8/23 – Sunday 5/21: Elye Palevsky & Bundism; Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim z”l tribute video
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Blits-Buletin 4/7/23 – Sunday 4/23: Workshop on Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim z”l; Bella Bryks-Klein video
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Blits-Buletin 3/17/23 – Sunday 3/19: Bella Bryks-Klein (of “Vos? Ven? Vu?”); Philip Schwartz video
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Coming Up! March 26th: “Pleytem Tsuzamen / Refugees Together” – a theatrical concert by Josh Waletzky & Jeyn Levison
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Blits-Buletin 3/5/23 – Bella Bryks-Klein (of “Vos? Ven? Vu?”)
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Blits-Buletin 2/2/23 – A talk with Philip Schwartz! (2/21); Sandra Fox video up now!
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Blits-Buletin 1/5/23 – Sandra Fox of “Vaybertaytsh”! (1/22); Avremi Zaks video up now!
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Corrected! Yiddish in the Heights conference video release!
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Conference video release! Yiddish in the Heights: Exploring Yiddish Academia and Activism in Post-War New York
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Blits-Buletin 12/TBD/22 – Avremi Zaks of “Kan Yidish”! (12/18) “Yiddish in the Heights” video coming soon!
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Blits-Buletin 11/11/22 – “Yiddish in the Heights” Conference (11/20-21)! Hasidic Yiddish (now on YouTube)!
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Blits-Buletin 10/28/22 – Hasidic Yiddish! Yiddish food!
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Blits-Buletin 10/16/22 – Hasidic Yiddish! “YO – Yiddish Ort” & “Afn Shvel”!
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Blits-Buletin 9/23/22 – Yiddish theater in Montréal! Year-end round-up! Leshone toyve tikoseyvu!
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Nov 20-21: Conference on Yiddish academia and activism in NYC – “Yiddish in the Heights”
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“Leshone toyve tikoseyvu!” Best wishes for the new year from the League for Yiddish!
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Blits-Buletin – September 2, 2022 Newsletter – Miriam Trinh live on Zoom (9/18)! Video: Shane Baker (8/14 event)!
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Save the Date! 11/20-21/22 – Conference on post-war Yiddish academia & activism in NYC, honoring Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter
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Blits-Buletin – August 12, 2022 Newsletter – Shane Baker live on Zoom (8/14); Video: James Holz on Punch & Judy in Yiddish!
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Blits-Buletin – July 29, 2022 Newsletter – Shane Baker live on Zoom (8/14)! Video: Lily Kahn on Yiddish Heavy Metal!
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Blits-Buletin – July 15, 2022 Newsletter – Lily Kahn on Yiddish Heavy Metal (7/18)! Video: Ruth Levin! Mendy Cahan (English translation)!
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Blits-Buletin – July 1, 2022 Newsletter – Lily Kahn on Yiddish Heavy Metal (7/18)! Mendy Cahan event recording!
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Blits-Buletin – June 16, 2022 Newsletter – Schaechter Trifecta; Yiddish Today with Mendy Cahan; Tomas Woodski part 2
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Call for Proposals: Conference on post-war Yiddish academia & activism in NYC, honoring Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter
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Listen to the Golden Peacock on Youtube!
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Wishing our supporters a freylekhn un zisn Peysekh!
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Press Release: Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary gets 2nd, expanded, edition to meet demand!
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A Sukkos Greeting from the League for Yiddish!
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Rosh Hashone greetings
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Celebrating 120 years of Itzik Manger
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נײַ „געהערט אַ מעשׂה!“
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שבֿע צוקערס בוך אויף „ייִדיש ניו־יאָרק“
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The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan
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New Audio Recording: Sholem Aleichem’s Der Esreg