"" ( yi, links=no, די שבֿועה, literally: "The Oath"; also known as "") was written by
S. Ansky in 1902. This
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
song became the anthem of the
socialist
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...
,
General Jewish Labour Bund in the early 1900s.
[http://www.stanford.edu/class/hebrew/yiddish/resources/shvue.html][http://zemerl.com/cgi-bin//show.pl?title=di+shvue] The source of its melody is unknown.
Bundists
Bundism was a secular Jewish socialist movement whose organizational manifestation was the General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia ( yi, אַלגעמײַנער ײדישער אַרבעטער בּונד אין ליטע פויל ...
sing this song virtually every time they meet.
For example, it was sung at the 100th anniversary (1998) of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Paris,
Marek Edelman
Marek Edelman ( yi, מאַרעק עדעלמאַן, born either 1919 in Homel or 1922 in Warsaw – October 2, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. Edelman was the last surviving leader of the ...
's funeral, and the 50th anniversary (2009) reunion of
Camp Hemshekh. The song exhorts Jews to unite, and to commit themselves body and soul to the defeat of the Russian Tsar and of capitalism.
Lyrics
See also
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S. Ansky
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General Jewish Labour Bund
References
External links
A recording of "Di Shvue"Music and words of "Di Shvue"Yiddish and english of "Di Shvue"
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Yiddish-language songs
Bundist songs
Russian anthems
Political party songs
1902 songs