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Philanthropist Elie Hirschfeld gifts Yiddish domains to the Forward

JL;DR SUMMARY Philanthropist Elie Hirschfeld and his wife, Sarah, have generously donated the Yiddish.com and Yiddish.org domains to the Forward, enhancing the publication's mission to promote Yiddish language and culture. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LanguageYiddishJewish HeritagePhilanthropyLanguage PreservationThe ForwardDigital MediaCultural RevivalElie HirschfeldWeb Domains

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New York City, New York, United States
"Forward CEO and Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen has announced the acquisition of the Yiddish.com and Yiddish.org web domains, donated by the New York real estate developer and philanthropist Elie Hirschfeld and his wife Sarah Hirschfeld, a physician."
East Hampton, New York, United States
"According to a 2015 report in the Wall Street Journal, one of his properties, an East Hampton estate worth about $32.5 million, was frequently leased as a summer residence by Bill and Hillary Clinton."
Israel
"My love of Yiddish began by hearing my mother sing Yiddish to me ever since I was born, in Israel, said Elie Hirschfeld."

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