Yiddish

The mission of Matzah Ball Books is to foster love for and pride in Yiddish and all things Jewish. Consistent with an upsurge of endeavors to preserve Yiddish culture, Matzah Ball Books was created to give young children access to, understanding of and affinity for Yiddishisms. Our Shmutzy Girl and Noshy Boy books and shirts are top sellers

Forum for Yiddish Literature and Language

Meshuganet is the site where all craziness lets loose. The word, "meshuganet" comes from the words "meshugana" (which means crazy in Yiddish), and "net". This site has various links that are sure to please any surfer.

German Klezmer Band Mesinke, who performed at the International Klezmer Festival Sfad (Israel) in 1999, released their fourth Klezmer CD with Russian Fiddler Juri Finkelberg. Tourdates and infos can be found at www.mesinke.de. The CD with new recordings of old Abe Schwartz Orchestra songs and traditional Yiddish songs can also be ordered on that site.

Movie rights available to a Yiddish theatre play.

A lively organization working to rescue Yiddish and other modern Jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. Our "cultural shtetl" in Amherst, Massachusetts is open to visitors Sunday - Friday, 10 - 3:30.

Pianist, special style:jiddish music

The israeli and jewish singer Nizza Thobi sings yiddish songs against forgetting, you can inform yourself about her and her music, you can order her CDs and know when she is live on tour.

Rose Leis, 1887-1980, born in Slutsk, Belorus emigrated to New York in 1900. Survived pogrom, poverty.

Sholom Aleichem's life and work. Stories, letters and photo's.

Know a mensch, a kvetch, or a shlemiel? Oy, have we got the shirt for you! Shoytz was born on the streets of Brooklyn, where seltzer men still kvetch, bagels come with a shmear, and there are not one but three brands of kosher jello-- and kenahora, if they don't taste like they snuck a little pig hoof in there.

A site honoring the life and music of world known Opera, yiddish, hebrew, and folk singer, Sidor Belarsky

Book and CD - Follow the words in the book while hearing them sung by Yiddish folksinger Claire Klein Osipov. Teach you 18 beautiful Yiddish folksongs. Improve your Yiddish. Introduce you to Yiddish.