Tag: Yiddish
Tuvia Tenenbom’s book “God speaks Yiddish”: the world of ultra-Orthodox Jews illuminated – culture
In Israel’s current right-wing government coalition of six parties, there are also two parties described as “ultra-Orthodox” which represent the Charedim, if they act politically at all. According to the…
Tuvia Tenenbom’s book “God Speaks Yiddish” – Culture
In Israel’s current right-wing government coalition of six parties, there are also two parties described as “ultra-Orthodox” which represent the Charedim, if they act politically at all. According to the…
Munich: Reading and conversation on Yiddish jokes – Munich
Fascinated by the Yiddish language, Franz Kafka gave a speech in 1912 – Jakob Hessing dedicated an entire book to the humor of Yiddish in 2020. For both writers, Yiddish…
"Harry Potter"-Books in Yiddish: Yiddish at Hogwarts
Arun Schaechter Viswanath has translated the “Harry Potter” volumes into a language in which hardly anyone reads novels. Why? A meeting in New York. source site
Talk fast: Google Translate translates 33 other languages offline
Since last year, the translation app Google Translate has mastered 131 languages plus both the traditional and the simplified version of written Chinese. Most recently, almost all of this language…