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Conference to present Yiddish as a 'blossoming' language
Warsaw :: Poland | 33 minutes ago
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A four-day seminar this week at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem hopes to prove that there is more to Yiddish than the "oy veys" and "kvelling," of your grandparents' generation. The conference, which will take place Monday through Thursday at the...
Tags: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yechiel Szeintuch, Yiddish, Poland, Warsaw, Yiddish language, Rena Costa Center for Yiddish Studies, Mordkhe Schaechter, Religion Belief
The ABCs of KZF's strategy
Northbrook :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Build what your buyers want. "Ten years ago, during the building boom, you could build just about anything, and it sold," says Danny Zivin, the "Z" of KZF Development Inc. Northbrook. "But, when the supply exceeds the demand, like it does now, you have...
Tags: Danny Zivin, Suzy Kogen-Friedman, KZF Development Inc., Jerry Kogen, Joel Kogen, Meadow Ridge, Northbrook, town housing, buyers want, family housing, Friedman, Yiddish
Concepts for new airport unveiled
Hailey :: ID :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Concepts for new airport unveiled Planned facility 5 to 9 times bigger Detailed design concepts that show a much bigger replacement airport for Friedman Memorial were unveiled Tuesday for the airport's governing body. A packed audience in the meeting...
Tags: Hailey, Runway, Airport, Taos Regional Airport, Friedman Memorial Airport, Cessna, Cessna CitationJet, Takeoff, Friedman, Turboprop, Yiddish
Pitt student ensemble explores Eastern European culture and music
Skopje :: Macedonia | 2 days ago
Credibility According to Helbig, the problems of the Gypsies (properly referred to as Roma) include lack of education, endemic poverty, discrimination, unemployment, no representation in city councils, and medical ailments such as tuberculosis. "Their living situation...
Tags: Helbig, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Carpathian Ensemble, Eastern European Studies, world music, Balkans, Macedonia, Skopje, Klezmer, Music, Ukrainian dance, Hammered dulcimer, University of Pittsburgh, Jewish music, Entertainment Culture, Tsymbaly, Yiddish
4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra: East Atlanta Passover Stomp
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Over a hundred years ago, Egyptologists, chief among them Cheikh Anta Diop, suggested that there was only one race: The Human Race. The Diaspora scattered from the Rift Valley and the rest, as they say, is, well, nations with severely controlled borders.
Tags: New York, Klezmer, Charles Mingus, Yiddish language, Jewish music, Blues & Roots, Entertainment Culture, Yiddish
Berel Alexander Ensemble
Arcata :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Alexander started his career when he was 9 years old, singing on Music for Little People recordings, and graduated into a punk band -- RBS Syndrome -- in high school. “My voice was never really right for punk music,” Alexander said. “I've always sang...
Tags: PST Berel Alexander Ensemble, cd release, Arcata, Klezmer, Punk rock, Jewish music, Entertainment Culture, Yiddish
Pelty honored as Tevye
Panama City :: Panama | 5 days ago
Credibility Chicago actor Lee Pelty was well known in musical theater circles. He appeared in "Man of La Mancha," "Zorba," "Oliver," "Rags" and "Mack and Mabel." But it was one performance in particular -- Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" -- that became his signature...
Tags: Lee Pelty, actor lee, Panama, Panama City, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, films, Peￅﾂty Masovian Voivodeship, Yiddish
Arlene Dahl to appear at The Paramount Church's classic film series
Palm Beach :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The eighth season of Movie Classics will be screened the first Thursday of each month beginning at 7 p.m. This Thursday, expect 'A Southern Yankee,' starring Red Skelton and Arlene Dahl, followed by 'The Talk of the Town,' with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur...
Tags: Paramount Church, Yoseph Scheiner, Arlene Dahl, film series, Judiasm, Palm Beach, Hairstyles, Dahl, Upsherin, Religion and children, Religion Belief, Entertainment Culture, Yiddish
Thane Rosenbaum: Tevye From Fiddler Back With Bikel
Moscow :: Russia | 12 days ago
Credibility Tevye the Milkman, the working stiff Jewish Everyman from the shtetls of Russia, may not be one of Broadway's sexiest characters, but he certainly has been one of its most enduring. And one actor more than any other has embodied the role of the tradition-bound,...
Tags: Sholom Aleichem, Theodore Bikel, Russia, Moscow, Sholem Aleichem, Zionists, Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, Yiddish, Jewish theatre, Drama films, Entertainment Culture, Religion Belief
Zero Hour
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility A Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes presentation, in association with the Peccadillo Theater Company, of a solo show in two acts written and performed by Jim Brochu. Jim Brochu "Everything is less than zero," sang Elvis Costello in 1977, and if anyone...
Tags: Jim Brochu, Zero Mostel, Los Angeles, Yiddish, Jewish literature, Zero Hour, Musical films, United Artists films, Broadway musicals, Entertainment Culture
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