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June 2019: Yiddish seminar for Israeli students held in Vilnius
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July 2: Memorial Conference about the Jewish poet Itzik Manger
Oמ July 2, 2019 a memorial conference about the Jewish poet Itzik Manger (1901 -...
June 6: Yiddish learning session for Shavuot in Tel Aviv
On Thursday, June 6, 2019 a Yiddish learning session and workshops devoted to the holiday of...
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Yiddish summer programs in 2019: Tel Aviv and elsewhere
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June 13: Yiddish Choir Festival in Ashkelon
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Annual Authority Prizes
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 2019, the Authority's Public Council chose to bestow lifetime achievement awards upon:
actress of Yiddish & Hebrew theaters Annabella Yaakov;
veteran Yiddish teachers Rivka Reich
and Esther Rozhansky.
In 2018, such awards came to the singer, lyricist, composer Chava Alberstein & poet and translator Moshe Sachar. The ceremony took place on November 20, 2018 at the President's Palace in Jerusalem. Here are the laureates with President Reuven Rivlin, Dr. Sara Ziv (Chairperson of the Authority), Yehudit Solel (CEO of the Authority), and the actor Yakov Bodo, who got the same prize in 2016.
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...
June 2019: a Yiddish seminar for Israeli students held in Vilnius
In June 2019, the National Authority for Yiddish Culture in cooperation with the International Yiddish Center at the World Jewish Congress held a seminar on Yiddish language and culture in Vilnius, Lithuania. 15 Israeli students who are studying Yiddish culture and language in Israei universities attended in the event.
On July 16, 2019, the Yiddish artistic singing workshop, founded by the late Nechama Lifshitz, will perform 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 Genrich Gofin, clarinetist Yakov Yachnin, and double-bassist Stas Ba'ulin. Regina Dricker – pianist, musical arranger and the studio's current director, produces the program, sponsored by the Authority. Entrance fee: NIS 50. For details and reservations, call 03-6950156
In the history of the Yiddish culture, the year 2019 is remarkable for:
* 160th anniversary of the birth of the Yiddish literature classic author Sholem Aleichem;
* 50th anniversary of the death of the prominent Yiddish poet Itzik Manger;
* 130th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Yiddish poet Dovid Hofstein;
* 100th anniversary of founding the first Yiddish state-sponsored theater "GOSET" in Petrograd (today Saint Petersburg / Sankt Peterburg)
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! The Authority welcomes feedback by email.
New books published with the support of the Authority
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.
