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Why children are singing in Yiddish in Rio de Janeiro

JL;DR SUMMARY In Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian children are spontaneously singing Yiddish songs, marking a cultural shift driven by the Viver com Yiddish initiative. 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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YiddishMusicCultural PreservationJewish SchoolsLanguage RevivalChildren's EducationRio De JaneiroSonia KramerViver Com YiddishYiddish Workshops

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Students in the Yiddish workshop at the Eliezer Max Jewish day school in Rio De Janeiro"

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