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איישע

@protosemite

translator | yiddishist | WE, TRAITORS (2027) @haymarketbooks

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“Say ‘it hurts’ in Yiddish—and you sense the pain. There’s blood there, it’s warm, it’s alive...”
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the problem with yiddish is it gives the worst guys you know the chance to act superior to a continuously diminishing audience of non-experts. they never actually know what they're talking about either and I know this for a fact because all the people who do are my friends
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don't even get me started on the pretentious frum men (even worse, the ex-frum aesthetes among them) who are engaged in this weird yiddish dick measuring contest while at the same time dismissing wholesale the people who dedicate their lives to the language (Yiddishists)
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respectfully but. what the hell are any of you talking about
Sami Gold (@souljagoyteller) profile pictureSami Gold
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“Yeah I’m a Brooklyn Jewish leftist who desperately wants to pretend to speak Yiddish. How can you tell?”
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there is nobody doing this. and if they are, you are not interacting with them. and if you are, then you're in those very same rooms girl
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פֿון מײַנע טעג (1940), שמעון נעפּאָם, געדרוקט דורך „סופּרים פּרינטינג קאָמפּאַני,“ 260 ספּאַדײַנע אַװעניו, טאָראָנטאָ, קאַנאַדע
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איישע (@protosemite) profile pictureאיישע@protosemiteOct 26
איך האָב ליב מיין לאנד טאָראָנטאָ
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Nepom was also a streetcar conductor in the 1920s and 1930s
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Najlaa .@GredtooOct 25
"في نيويورك وأخت فلسطينية في المستشفى لعلاج عينيها وسقوط القدس في الخامس من حزيران وهذه القصيدة" مقدمة راشد حسين لقصيدته " القدس في عينين "والتي نشرها سهيل أدريس في مجلة الأداب عام 1969 في عدد حمل عنوان : " الثورة الفدائية" . - التسجيل الغنائي بصوت الفنان سلمان زيمان عام 1986
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איך האָב ליב מיין לאנד טאָראָנטאָ
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It’s another beautiful fall Saturday morning in the country of Toronto.
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דער מין גייסטיקע קרענק װאָס איך האָב: איך װאָלט געקאָנט מאכן אי־אַראַב (الإعراب) געניטונגען דעם גאנצן טאָג. איך דרוק אָפ לידער אָן אי־אַראַב נאָר כדי איך זאָל זיי צוגעבן
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מע האָט מיר צוגעגנבֿעט א פריילעכע קינדהייט װייל איך האָב דאָס נישט געטאָן ביז איך בין געװאָרן א דערװאקסענער
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Nihal 🌾@leftward_inkOct 20
I am officially looking for a job as an Assistant Editor (et circa). I have experience ranging from political analysis pieces to longer manuscripts, for development, copyediting and commissioning. Please DM & circulate if you can help.
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unfortunately having what can only be described as the platonic ideal of a first day back in new york city
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א פראגע, פאר די ייִדיש קענערס װאָס װעלן דאָס אפשר זען: װי װאָלט איר געזאָגט „settler colonialism“ אויף ייִדיש? באַזעצער־קאָלאָניאַליזם באַזעצערישער קאָלאָניאַליזם אָדער נאָך עפעס ? מיר געפעלט בעסער דער צװייטער?
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מע דארף פרעגן ביי @a_a_viswanath
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they just announced dundas last stop. im going to become the joker
איישע (@protosemite) profile pictureאיישע@protosemiteOct 14
death to the spadina streetcar. what are we even doing. why am i even trying to get to work. this is all a practical joke and im the clown
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death to the spadina streetcar. what are we even doing. why am i even trying to get to work. this is all a practical joke and im the clown
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i gave myself an entire hour for my commute this morning so i could print out some things for my students; no dice. still late
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and now that i use a dumb phone i cant use the bikes. im trapped in a prison of my own making
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going to have the reverse reponse next week going back to nyc where its gonna stress me tf out
איישע (@protosemite) profile pictureאיישע@protosemiteOct 12
had such a shockingly good time in montréal and spoke so little english for an entire weekend that my mood has been stabilized and opening twitter seemed vulgar
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