#yiddishkayt

[k0sher]

Well, in light of all the dumb decisions duolingo is making right now, here's a few free/accessible resources for learning Yiddish:

Ultimate Yiddish Resources Masterpost

Yiddish/Ladino Queer Vocab Glossary

And some free PDFs:

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook, by Rebecca Margolis

A Manual and Grammar of the Yiddish Language, by J. Mazin

Colloquial Yiddish: The Complete Course for Beginners, by Lily Kahn

Idisch y Latinoamerica, by Eliahu Toker

English-Yiddish Dictionary, by Alexander Harkevy

Cursive Alef Beys Writing Practice, YIVO standard, from YBC

Digital Yiddish Library, over 12k titles for free, from YBC

[hillbillybubbeleh]

✨ Khanike iz freylekh! ✨ Khanike iz sheyn! ✨ Khanike iz yontef far groys un far kleyn. A khanike-lempl mit likhtelekh akht; Tsindt men di likhtelekh a nakht nokh a nakht. Likhtlekh aun dreydl aun khanike gelt! Ts’iz yontef bay yid'n af der gantser velt!

(Khanike is happy! Khanike is beautiful! Khanike is a holiday for big and small. A Khanike lamp with eight little candles — you light the candles night after night. Candles and dreidles and Khanike money! It’s a holiday for Jews all over the world!)

[hillsofspices]

Bundist Dreams and Antizionist Nightmares

Every day for the past week, I have walked with Anne and the little brown dog in warm late autumn sunshine, the sun glowing in a cloudless s

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[victormalonso]

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[hillbillybubbeleh]

Hallel (1978) by Bill Aron; gelatin silver print; in From the Corners of the Earth

[hillbillybubbeleh]

🕯Shabbos vibes🕯 [left: shabbos candles on the mantle burning earlier in the night, + an extra candle for my granda, as his birthday is coming up and I always light candles for him leading up to his birthday; right: my pecan and maple sticky bun babka, which is one of my most popular babka recipes.]

[hillsofspices]

yiddish actress berta gersten, 1919/1925. (x)