פֿון קאָבי ווײַצנער
Nissan Tzur could no longer tolerate his Israeli editors’ deep ignorance about today’s Poles.
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In a play the company performed in Warsaw, certain phrases were pronounced in modern Hebrew instead of the correct Ashkenazi one.Read More
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Israeli actor Howard Rypp, dressed up as the renowned character, recently visited many of the Polish cities mentioned in Bashevis’ work.Read More
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Instead of feuding with the Poles, Jewish community leaders and the Polish government ought to build a Jewish high school together.Read More
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Workshops at the genealogy conference included “Jewish Refugees in Scotland in the 1930s” and “Did My Father Really Have Three Wives?”Read More
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The Holiday Inn is staffed by educated young workers who speak English fluently and are both polite and accessible.Read More
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The festival features a theatrical production of “Gimpel Tam” and a heartbreaking film about Jan Karski’s attempts to save the Jews.Read More
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Historian Yehuda Bauer: The question whether Poles did or didn’t collaborate with the Nazis has become an internal Polish matter.
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At the post office, you’ll find a crucifix on the wall and the Polska Njepadlega — a newspaper that constantly criticize the Jews — for sale.Read More
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Instead of taking the children on hikes, the Israeli scouting organization invites them on trips to Israel which the parents can’t affordRead More
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Jacob “Kobi‟ Weitzner received his doctorate in Yiddish studies from Hebrew University in 1984. Today he is the literary director of the Warsaw Yiddish theater, and the artistic director and playwright for “The Yiddish Bande‟, a traveling Yiddish troupe. He has authored several books, among them: Sholem Aleichem in the Theater and Where the City Ends and the River Begins (Tel Aviv Stories) and an anthology of short stories.Read More
יעקבֿ “קאָבי ווײַצנער” האָט באַקומען זײַן דאָקטאָר־טיטל אין ייִדיש-לימודים בײַם העברעיִשן אוניווערסיטעט אין 1984. הײַנט איז ער דער ליטעראַרישער לייטער פֿונעם וואַרשעווער ייִדישן טעאַטער און דער קינסטלערישער לייטער און דראַמאַטורג פֿון דער “ייִדישע באַנדע”, אַ וואַנדערנדיקע ייִדישע טרופּע. מחבר פֿון אַ צאָל ביכער, צווישן זיי Sholem Aleichem in the Theater און ,Where the City Ends and the River Begins (Tel Aviv Stories) אַן אַנטאָלאָגיע פֿון קורצע דערציילונגען.Read More