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Watch: Yiddish Choir Festival in Ashkelon
On June 21, 2018, the 22th annual Yiddish Choir Festival took place at the Ashkelon...
A wreath from the Authority on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Representatives of the National Authority for Yiddish Culture laid a wreath at Yad Vashem on Yom...
June 5: Mikhoels memorial rally in Tel Aviv
On June 5, 2018, a memorial rally took place at Pinkas St. 63 in Tel Aviv at...
June 13: Kiryat Ono Music Students to Perform in Yiddish
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, students in the music workshop at Ben-Zvi High School in...
May 17: Ruth Levin & Trio to Perform in Jerusalem
On Thursday, May 17, 2018, singer Ruth Levin will perform in Yiddish and Hebrew in...
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Yiddish Authority Prizes 2018
Every year, the National Authority for Yiddish Culture awards prizes to prominent figures in the fields of arts and literature who contribute significantly to Yiddish language and culture in Israel. In 2018, the Authority's Public Council chose to bestow lifetime achievement awards upon:
* singer, lyricist, composer Chava Alberstein (photo by Assaf Antman);
* poet and translator Moshe Sachar.
July 9: A jubilee concert of Lifshitz's students in Tel Aviv
On July 9, 2018, the Yiddish artistic singing workshop, founded by the late Nechama Lifshitz, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the Tzavta hall (located at Ibn Gvirol St. 30, Tel Aviv), at 7:30 p.m.
The event will include a rich concert, featuring the workshop students as well as violinist Pavel Levin, clarinetist Yakov Yachnin, and double-bassist Stas Ba'ulin. Regina Dricker – pianist, musical arranger and the studio's current director, produces the program.
The event is sponsored by the National Authority for Yiddish Culture. Entrance fee: NIS 50. For details and reservations, call 03-6950156.
Yiddish Radio Show – Also Online
A weekly radio program in Yiddish, sponsored by the National Authority for Yiddish Culture, is broadcast in Israel on public radio at the following frequencies:
104.9 and 105.3 FM (Kan Tarbut) every Friday at 2 p.m.;
100.3, 100.5 and 101.3 FM (Kan REKA) every Friday at 4 p.m. as well as at 10 p.m. on Saturdays.
Listeners can now tune in online at: https://www.kan.org.il/Radio/program.aspx/?progId=1136. Listen and enjoy!
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New books published with the support of the Authority
Ya'akov Glatstein, American-Yiddish poet: "Talk to me in Yiddish, my Jewish land, and I'll certainly address you in Hebrew..."
רעד צו מיר ייִדיש, מײַן ייִדיש לאַנד.
און איך וועל צו דיר רעדן עבֿרית ממילא.
אַבֿרהם מיט שׂרהן קומען מיר אַנטקעגן
פֿון דער מערת־המכפּלה...
On June 21, 2018, the 22th annual Yiddish Choir Festival took place at the Ashkelon Congress Center. Dozens of musical groups from all over Israel, including children's choirs, participated in the festival. The event was produced by Michael Leinwand (who also accompanied the singers on the piano) and sponsored by the Authority. Watch a video excerpt of the event and read the press report. In the photo: Shulamit Reznik sings "Sholem, dos iz Yiddish" ("Hello, This is Yiddish") with a choir.
On June 5, 2018, a rally took place in Tel Aviv to mark the 70th anniversary of the assassination of renown Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels (Shloyme Vovsi) at the hands of Stalin's agents.
Dr. Sara Ziv
Dr. Mordechay Yushkovsky
Alla Zuskin-Perelman
singer Vira Lozinsky
The National Authority for Yiddish Culture was established following the Knesset's resolution authorizing it in 1996. The Authority's mission includes:
* Deepening acquaintance with and increasing exposure of the Israeli public to Yiddish culture in all of its forms;
* Fostering research of Yiddish culture;
* Promoting the instruction of Yiddish language and literature;
* Encouraging the creation of contemporary works in Yiddish, including literature, poetry, theater, etc.
* Compiling, documenting and cataloguing oral folklore and written culture in Yiddish;
* Publishing selected works both in their original Yiddish versions and in Hebrew translation;
* Organizing events for people of all ages, transmitting Yiddish heritage from generation to generation.
The Authority's activities are focused mainly in the State of Israel, but it also promotes collaboration with Yiddish cultural institutions around the world.
See two reports on our activity published in the leading Yiddish-language paper "Forverts", NY: from August 21, 2015 and from January 10, 2016.
