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	<h3>ווידעאָ: די מלכּה פֿון ייִדיש־קאַבאַרעטן‫</h3>
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	<h3>ווידעאָ: הרבֿ יוסף־בער סאָלאָווייטשיק רעדט וועגן י. ל. פּרצן</h3>
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	<h3>מע פֿלעג אָפֿט אויפֿנעמען געסט. פֿאַר וואָס טוט מען דאָס הײַנט אַזוי ווייניק? </h3>
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	<h3>זום־שמועס: זכרונות פֿון ייִדישע און בונדישע פֿאַרזאַמלונגען אין מעלבורן</h3>
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	<img width="564" height="320" src="https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/enge-benge-2026-564x320.jpg" class="attachment-featuredMedium size-featuredMedium wp-post-image" alt="די קעמפּערס און אויפֿפּאַסערס פֿון „ענגע־בענגע“, וואָס האָט פֿאַראַיאָרן באַקומען אַ סובווענץ פֿון דער פֿונדאַציע " decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/enge-benge-2026-564x320.jpg 564w, https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/enge-benge-2026-1296x732.jpg 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px" />	
	<h3>זוכט איר שטיצע פֿאַר אַ ייִדיש־פּראָיעקט פֿאַר קינדער אָדער יוגנט?</h3>
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	<h3>ווען אַ שוואַרצער הוט און אַ ציינבערשטל נעמען אָן אַ סימבאָלישן באַטײַט</h3>
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	פֿון מיכאל קרוטיקאָװ		<span><span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix"></span> <span class="rt-time"> 3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">min read</span></span></span>
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	<img width="564" height="320" src="https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/velvl-kirshnboym-564x320.jpg" class="attachment-featuredMedium size-featuredMedium wp-post-image" alt="וועלוול קירשענבוים מאָכט זיך היימיש אין אַ טראַדיציאָנעלן מאַראָקישן חתונה־זאַל" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/velvl-kirshnboym-564x320.jpg 564w, https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/velvl-kirshnboym-300x169.jpg 300w, https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/velvl-kirshnboym-1296x732.jpg 1296w" sizes="(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px" />	
	<h3>ווידעאָ: אַ חסיד גיט אונדז אַ טור פֿון מאַראָקאָ אויף ייִדיש</h3>
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