Yiddish culture

Klezmer () is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions. The musical genre incorporated elements of many other musical genres including Ottoman (especially Greek and Romanian) music, Baroque music, German and Slavic folk dances, and religious Jewish music. As the music arrived in the United States, it lost some of its traditional ritual elements and adopte

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wit and humor in Jewish culture

thumb|A molybdomancy kit includes a set of shaped lead ingots, to be melted over a candle flame in a spoon. thumb|A piece of molten lead after immersion in cold water

thumb|Upsherin celebration by Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick thumb|alt=Upsherin, 1992|Upsherin, 1992 thumb|alt=Upsherin, 1992|Upsherin, 1992 Upsherin, Upsheren, Opsherin or Upsherinish (, ) is a first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Judaism. It is typically held when a boy turns three years old.

cultural and linguistic movement which began among Jews in Eastern Europe during the latter part of the 19th century

Shm-reduplication or schm-reduplication is a form of reduplication originating in Yiddish in which the original word or its first syllable (the base) is repeated with the copy (the reduplicant) beginning with the duplifix shm- (sometimes schm-), pronounced . The construction is generally used to indicate irony, sarcasm, derision, skepticism, or lack of interest with respect to comments about the discussed object. In general, the new combination is used as an interjection.

Yiddishkeit, also spelled Yiddishkayt (, i.e. "a Jewish way of life"), is a term that can refer broadly to Judaism or specifically to forms of Orthodox Judaism when used particularly by religious and Orthodox Ashkenazim. In a more general sense, it has come to mean the "Jewishness" or "Jewish essence" of Ashkenazi Jews in general and the traditional Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern and Central Europe in particular.

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university professor and researcher active in Brazil