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In 1915, at the time of the expulsion of Lithuanian Jews,..... </div><span class='mo'>...read more</span> </a> <div class='tape-section'></div> </div> <div class='paper blue'> <div class='cliptape'></div><h3><span>Vos se hert zikh… (<em>CJC in the news</em>)</span></h3> <p><a href="https://yiddishbranzhe.com/2019/12/01/5106/">Dortn vu es nekhtikn di shtern</a> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kultur.kongres/?eid=ARC3nrPh6fNKwuBuzPGqh8SC5yzdLu96S83qEcVJOQuZ1Yu9zofJjGfI-8At6457P0IXU2kkpZEAgqhG">Where the Stars Spend the Night</a>)</p> <p><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/TEVYE-SERVED-RAW-with-Tevye-Stories-Left-Out-of-the-Musical-to-Open-Off-Broadway-in-July-20180612">Tevye Served Raw</a></p> <p><a href="http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/195658/waiting-for-godot-a-great-artistic-achievement/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yiddish Godot in Paris</a></p> <p><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/yiddish-godot-to-open-beckett-festival-in-northern-ireland/">Yiddish Godot in Ireland</a></p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/43146038">Hear a great Yiddish song!</a></p> <p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/benjy-fox-rosen/a-sunbeam-a-zuniker-shtral">Hear a brand NEW Yiddish song!</a></p> <p><a href="https://congressforjewishculture.org/?p=7">Biographical Dicitionary of Yiddish Writers in the Soviet Union</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Der-Finfter-Zman-Yiddish-Edition/dp/0972456589">Remember Yiddish poet Yonia Fain</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/introducing-shane-baker-a-nice-jewish-goy.premium-1.470710#">Profile of Congress director Shane Baker in Haaretz</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div> <div class=contact> <div id="banner"> <p dir="rtl">讗址诇装注诇讟诇注讻注专讬讬执讚讬砖注专拽讜诇讟讜专志拽讗指谞讙专注住</p> <p>Congress for Jewish Culture</p> </div> <p>Phone: (212) 505-8040</p> <p>email: <a href="mailto:info@CongressForJewishCulture.org">info@CongressForJewishCulture.org</a></p> <p><a href='/contact'>Contact Us</a></p> </div> <div id="mc_embed_shell"> <div id="mc_embed_signup"> <form action="https://congressforjewishculture.us18.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=9899b2a40f9c730ef308227d3&id=e39a65eb9d&f_id=000791e6f0" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"><h3>Join our mailing list</h3> <div class=mcintwrap> <div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address <span class="asterisk">*</span></label><input type="email" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL" required="" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-MMERGE27">First Name </label><input type="text" name="MMERGE27" class=" text" id="mce-MMERGE27" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-LNAME">Last Name </label><input type="text" name="LNAME" class=" text" id="mce-LNAME" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-MMERGE26">Yiddish (Hebrew) Name </label><input type="text" name="MMERGE26" class=" text" id="mce-MMERGE26" value=""></div><div class="mc-field-group"><label for="mce-MMERGE1">Country </label><input type="text" name="MMERGE1" class=" text" id="mce-MMERGE1" value=""></div> </div> <div id="mce-responses" class="clear"> <div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display: none;"></div> <div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display: none;"></div> </div><div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_9899b2a40f9c730ef308227d3_e39a65eb9d" tabindex="-1" value=""></div><div class="clear"><input type="submit" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button" value="Subscribe"></div> <img src='/cimages/ink.jpg' class='footink'> </div> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[27]='MMERGE27';ftypes[27]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[26]='MMERGE26';ftypes[26]='text';fnames[1]='MMERGE1';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[3]='ADDRESS';ftypes[3]='address';fnames[4]='PHONE';ftypes[4]='phone';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);</script></div> <div class=thanks> <div>Thanks to:</div> <p><a href="/u/151/josh-fogel">Joshua A Fogel</a></p> <p>Raphael Finkel</p> <p>Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger</p> </div> </div> </footer>  <img src='/cimages/ink.jpg' class='ink'> <script src='/js/de.js'></script> <script> </script> </body> </html>

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