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Today marks the 700th 'birthday' of the city of Vilnius (Vilna/Wilno/װילנע)

So we’re reading 'Farewell' a moving poem by , written after fleeing the to join the unit in the Naroch Forest, 1943-44—translated by the Harshavs

Today marks the 700th 'birthday' of the city of Vilnius (Vilna/Wilno/װילנע) #Vilnius700 

So we’re reading 'Farewell' a moving poem by #AvromSutzkever, written after fleeing the #VilnaGhetto to join the #Jewishpartisan unit in the Naroch Forest, 1943-44—translated by the Harshavs
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edited the Yiddish journal Di Goldene Kayt (The Golden Chain) in Israel for over 48 years. Even as Israel instituted Hebrew as its new national language, he managed to establish a journal that featured an international community of writers for decades.

#AvromSutzkever edited the Yiddish journal Di Goldene Kayt (The Golden Chain) in Israel for over 48 years. Even as Israel instituted Hebrew as its new national language, he managed to establish a journal that featured an international community of #Yiddish writers for decades.
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אַ פֿרײלעכן געבורטסטאָג!
Happy day of 's birth!108 years ago, a poet was born in Smorgon. What adventures, horrors, and beauty awaited that baby...We love this photo of him in midlife, contemplating the flowers and we can only imagine what else

אַ פֿרײלעכן געבורטסטאָג!
Happy day of #AvromSutzkever 's birth!108 years ago, a poet was born in Smorgon. What adventures, horrors, and beauty awaited that baby...We love this photo of him in midlife, contemplating the flowers and we can only imagine what else #OnThisDay #Yiddish
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'Your body’s red bricks–you don’t remember the house they built,
you no longer remember its number in the lantern light, nor your street.
A cloud remains in a shape-taking, a molt,
in memory of a summer there remains a yellow leaf.'


'Your body’s red bricks–you don’t remember the house they built,
you no longer remember its number in the lantern light, nor your street.
A cloud remains in a shape-taking, a molt,
in memory of a summer there remains a yellow leaf.'
#AvromSutzkever
#YiddishPoetry 
#HolocaustPoet
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We're featured on Radio Sefarad's English Corner podcast! Hear Emily Felder & Christa P. Whitney talk abt & in connection w our award for best editor of a featurette at the Madrid International Independent Film Festival: radiosefarad.com/ver-vet-blaybn…

We're featured on @RadioSefarad's English Corner podcast! Hear @SubatomicEmily & @yiddishista talk abt #AvromSutzkever & #WhoWillRemainFilm in connection w our award for best editor of a featurette at the Madrid International Independent Film Festival: radiosefarad.com/ver-vet-blaybn…
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Today is the yortsayt of - In this story, his granddaughter Hadas Kalderon remembers the significance of where she was when he passed: youtu.be/ECJCoayU4B0

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