MORE YIDDISH SONGS ONLINE

1. http://yidlid.org  

Posted elsewhere in this blog as well, and likely the most comprehensive resource. 

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2. www.jewishfolksongs.com

Jewish songs in languages including Hebrew and Ladino as well as Yiddish.  The songs in the links below have Yiddish and English side by side with the Yiddish in Latin letters.

See: http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/en/links for a list (in English) of resources on this website including many more links.

And for the songs:  http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/en/songs 

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3. yiddishsongsonline.com  Yiddish Songs Online -- only Latin letters for these old time songs presented in many ways. 

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4. Yiddish songs of the Holocaust at the ORT website: 

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org

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5. Yiddish Penny Songs 

http://www.yiddishpennysongs.com/2016/01/index-of-posts-on-yiddishpennysongscom.html

Pictures of the actual sheet music with Yiddish lyrics in transliteration followed by translations (not meant to be sung). 

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YIDDISH LYRICS ONLINE-- A FEW THAT I'M FIGURING OUT!

In my search for useful Yiddish resources online I came across these websites -- some websites (or maybe they are blogs) with Yiddish songs.   These are mostly lyrics, mostly in transliterated Yiddish,  with English translations.   There are some links to performances.  As I explore them more I'll write more about them but here are the URLs.

1. http://www.yiddishsongproject.com

It is described as follows:

"We are a Wiki (user-run repository) for Yiddish music. Our goal is to translate Yiddish music and collect Yiddish songs so they can be enjoyed and understood by people around the world."

It invites users to browse the collection, upload new songs, or request a translation.

Also the following two appear to be links on the same website. 

I'm trying to see what the difference is between them!

2.  https://lyricstranslate.com/en/language/yiddish-lyrics

3. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/language/yiddish

More about all of this as I learn more!

JL 10/05/21

WHO IS BARRY GOLDSTEIN?

Who is Barry Goldstein, a.k.a. Barish Goldshteyn?  (Or maybe this should be the other way around.  I don't know).

Of late I've enjoyed some of his Yiddish translations of English language books.  These include titles one might not expect to find in Yiddish, such as the Antarctic voyages of Shackleton  (but interestingly -- not that of Expedition Leader Robert Falcon Scott whose own diaries present Shackleton as something of the bad boy.)  

Mr. Goldstein's offerings include not only a Yiddish-English dictionary (actually one I find useful),  as well as The Hobbit and related books by J.R.R.Tolkien, and many more.

Here is his web page:

http://bgoldstein.org

Or search in Amazon.com with the words Barry Goldstein Yiddish and you'll find many his books -- some of which are bilingual. 

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THE EASY SHMEEZY GUIDE TO YIDDISH

A handy little booklet with a wealth of useful everyday phrases:   "Easy Shmeezy Guide to Yiddish," by Moshe Sherizen.  

It was apparently a project of something called the Yiddish Academy offering a free introductory lesson at: 

https://yiddishacademy.com/course/free-yiddish-lessons/

Amazon sometimes has this little book both as a paperback and as a Kindle book.  When they have it, this handy mini-paperback can vary wildly in prices from quite reasonable to astronomic.  Don't ask me why!  

That said, if you can find a copy of the little paperback Easy Shmeezy Guide to Yiddish anywhere at a reasonable price, go for it!  It's a handy little book!

I'll add more as I find more.

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A KLEZMER RESOURCE I'M EXPLORING

 E. W. Klezmer Bandcamp website has several lyrics.

https://ewklezmer.bandcamp.com/album/the-thread

Including:

https://ewklezmer.bandcamp.com/track/fisher-lid-2

 https://ewklezmer.bandcamp.com/track/mayn-rue-plats 

https://ewklezmer.bandcamp.com/track/sheyn-vi-di-levone

https://ewklezmer.bandcamp.com/track/shlof-mayn-kind

LEARNING YIDDISH IN TIME OF COVID-19

Now during the COVID-19 epidemic it may be a good time to check out some Yiddish resources.   In my opinion nothing beats a class with a great teacher - especially a residential intensive class -- but here are some online resources to explore on your own!

There are a several Yiddish courses listed on the internet; I'm not familiar with their some of their sponsoring organizations and they might not be practical for other reasons, so I'm not listing them here.  

However YIVO  offers live online classes:  https://yivo.org/Learn

These are live, online courses held on Zoom.  They are not inexpensive but maybe worth checking out! 

I'll add more as I find more!

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A PROJECT: LISTENING TO A SONG FILE!

I am trying to get this sound file to work:

https://yiddishsong.wordpress.com 

I'll just keep at it.  If anyone else can make it work please let me know!

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