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Claire Barry brought Yiddish pop to mainstream America

Music

Claire Barry was one-half of the Barry Sisters, a pop duo that blended Yiddish tunes with swing music. She and her sister, Merna, shot to stardom in the 1930s, but their music reached an audience far beyond the Yiddish-speaking communities of New York.

Aga Ilwicka-Sheppard is a PhD candidate in Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw in Poland. She was instrumental in getting the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts to send 3,000 Yiddish language books to Poland, including novels, dictionar

This Polish grad student wants to help bring Yiddish back to life in Poland

Arts, Culture & Media
Gary Shteyngart

The world according to Gary Shteyngart in four languages

Arts, Culture & Media
Actors Rebecca Schneebaum, Maureen Keiller and Bobbie Steinbach (not pictured) performed "Muttersprache Mameloschn" at the Goethe Institut in Boston.

What happened to Jewish survivors who stayed in the former East Germany after the Holocaust?

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American pop culture brings Yiddish language to the world

Arts, Culture & Media
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The Globalization of Yiddish

Arts, Culture & Media

Yiddish may be a language in decline, but some Yiddish words are more popular than ever. Reporter Julia Simon takes us on a tour that includes Kenya, Egypt and the Netherlands.

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Sexy Yiddish Trip-Hop By French Group Kabbalah

Global Hit

The World’s Alex Gallafent profiles Kabbalah, a globally-minded band from Marseilles, France.

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Global Hit

Lifestyle & Belief

A Jewish musical renaissance is taking place in Moscow. Reporter Daniel Rosenberg tells us about two musicians who perform Yiddish music in the Russian capital.

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