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Yiddish Spring events
This spring, Ashkenaz celebrates Yiddish culture - past, present and future – with a city-wide initiative featuring exhibitions, concerts, screenings, lectures, and workshops. The lynchpin of this project is Ashkenaz’s partnership in presenting a unique exhibition and sound installation at the Canadian Language Museum from April 4 to June 27, featuring the work of Berlin-based musician Paul Brody and Toronto-based Yiddish doctoral student Miriam Borden (click here for more info). With the CLM as a homebase, numerous other events and…
Find out more »Yiddish Spring at Canadian Language Museum
This spring, Ashkenaz partners with the Canadian Language Museum to present a multi-media celebration of oral and written Yiddish. Berlin-based composer Paul Brody has created an exciting sound installation for the CLM based on the voice-melodies of Toronto Yiddish speakers. To create The Music of Yiddish Blessings and Curses Brody interviewed eight Yiddish speakers to explore their favorite curses and blessings, as well as the stories and memories behind them. He discovered that as the Yiddish speakers, young and old,…
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