Comments for Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org   Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 1/9 | Birthday of Chaim Nachman Bialik by 2/11 | Birthday of Zalman Shneour | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2012/01/bialik/#comment-894 2/11 | Birthday of Zalman Shneour | Yiddishkayt Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:01:32 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=3064#comment-894 [...] Odessa, then the capital of Zionist and Hebrew literary activity, where he was warmly received by Chaim Nachman Bialik, who became a kind of father figure for [...] [...] Odessa, then the capital of Zionist and Hebrew literary activity, where he was warmly received by Chaim Nachman Bialik, who became a kind of father figure for [...]

]]> Comment on 1/15 | Yortsayt of Rosa Luxemburg by 2/9 | Yortsayt of Paul Levi | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2012/01/luxemburg/#comment-871 2/9 | Yortsayt of Paul Levi | Yiddishkayt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:20:56 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=3626#comment-871 [...] middle-class family. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1906 and served as Rosa Luxemburg‘s lawyer when she was tried for inciting soldiers to disobedience in 1914. In 1916, Levi [...] [...] middle-class family. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1906 and served as Rosa Luxemburg‘s lawyer when she was tried for inciting soldiers to disobedience in 1914. In 1916, Levi [...]

]]> Comment on 1/12 | Yortsayt of Shloyme Mikhoels by 1/30 | Birthday of Isaak Dunayevsky | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2012/01/mikhoels/#comment-705 1/30 | Birthday of Isaak Dunayevsky | Yiddishkayt Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:17:35 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=3576#comment-705 [...] lullaby Dunayevsky composed for the 1936 Soviet blockbuster film Circus and be sure to look out for Shloyme Mikhoels at 2:06 of the [...] [...] lullaby Dunayevsky composed for the 1936 Soviet blockbuster film Circus and be sure to look out for Shloyme Mikhoels at 2:06 of the [...]

]]> Comment on 1/9 | Birthday of Chaim Nachman Bialik by 1/21 | 200th Birthday of Moses Hess | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2012/01/bialik/#comment-581 1/21 | 200th Birthday of Moses Hess | Yiddishkayt Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:51:50 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=3064#comment-581 [...] Here’s a video from 1975, featuring “People’s Blessing,” the anthem of Labor Zionism by Chaim Nachman Bialik. [...] [...] Here’s a video from 1975, featuring “People’s Blessing,” the anthem of Labor Zionism by Chaim Nachman Bialik. [...]

]]> Comment on 12/20 | Birthday of Mani Leyb by 1/8 | Yortsayt of Isaac Raboy | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2011/12/mani-leyb/#comment-438 1/8 | Yortsayt of Isaac Raboy | Yiddishkayt Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:30:49 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=2397#comment-438 [...] fellow hatmaker Dovid Ignatov and friend Mani Leyb brought him into their circle of young writers, di Yunge, and Raboy began publishing in their [...] [...] fellow hatmaker Dovid Ignatov and friend Mani Leyb brought him into their circle of young writers, di Yunge, and Raboy began publishing in their [...]

]]> Comment on 12/17 | Birthday of Władysław Broniewski by yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2011/12/broniewski/#comment-418 yiddishkayt Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:43:18 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=2409#comment-418 Thanks for the correction and for the translation of this fantastic poem. —Yiddishkayt Thanks for the correction and for the translation of this fantastic poem.
—Yiddishkayt

]]> Comment on 12/17 | Birthday of Władysław Broniewski by Witold Liliental http://yiddishkayt.org/2011/12/broniewski/#comment-417 Witold Liliental Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:41:38 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=2409#comment-417 I am the translator of this poem. One correction: Szmul Zygielbojm did not shoot himself. He committed suicide by turning on the gas in his London apartment.This was after the Polish Underground courier Jan Karski smuggled microfilms showing the plight of Jews in occupied Poland to the Polish Government in exile in London and despite many attempts by the Polish goverment to get the Allies to act on this, there was only lukewarm response or even total lack of interest. Respectfully, Witold Liliental, Oakville, ON Canada I am the translator of this poem. One correction: Szmul Zygielbojm did not shoot himself. He committed suicide by turning on the gas in his London apartment.This was after the Polish Underground courier Jan Karski smuggled microfilms showing the plight of Jews in occupied Poland to the Polish Government in exile in London and despite many attempts by the Polish goverment to get the Allies to act on this, there was only lukewarm response or even total lack of interest.
Respectfully,
Witold Liliental,
Oakville, ON
Canada

]]> Comment on 1/1 | Birthday of Mendele Moykher Sforim by 12/12 | Birthday of Vasily Grossman | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/2012/01/mendele/#comment-374 12/12 | Birthday of Vasily Grossman | Yiddishkayt Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:42:15 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/?p=2667#comment-374 [...] Berdychiv, Ukraine) the once-major Jewish city made famous in Yiddish literature in the work of Mendele Moykher-Sforim and Sholem Aleichem. His first major story, “In the Town of Berdichev” brought him to [...] [...] Berdychiv, Ukraine) the once-major Jewish city made famous in Yiddish literature in the work of Mendele Moykher-Sforim and Sholem Aleichem. His first major story, “In the Town of Berdichev” brought him to [...]

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]]> Comment on Helix Project — Making the Jewish Past Present by Yiddishkayt in 2012 | Yiddishkayt http://yiddishkayt.org/helix-project/#comment-276 Yiddishkayt in 2012 | Yiddishkayt Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:51:26 +0000 http://yiddishkayt.org/new/?page_id=274#comment-276 [...] Helix Project [...] [...] Helix Project [...]

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