Yiddish day school students will sing the Four Questions at this year’s online Third Seder
The songs and narration will borrow from the secular hagaddah that was used for generations by the Yiddish afternoon schools.
‘Asch Wednesday’ to celebrate legacy of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch
The program will feature a trivia contest, songs and new adaptations of the playwright’s work.
The Forverts is going on vacation. Here’s how to view our videos during the break.
Includes a collection of links to Forverts videos that you can access during the two-week recess.
You can now search all the links to ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’ clips by topic
The Forverts has released 115 installments in the series, which have been collectively viewed more than 600,000 times.
WATCH: Folksbiene ‘Fiddler’ cast performs ‘God Bless America’ in Yiddish
The video, produced in honor of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is seen as a prayer for the well-being of American democracy.
YIVO winter courses cover tyranny, poetry and children’s literature
Timothy Snyder will explore what 20th century Jewish history can teach us about authoritarianism in the 21st century.
WATCH: A powerful song by a young woman who left the Hasidic world behind
In this music video, Hannah Gee expresses the loneliness of a young woman who’s chosen a very different lifestyle from that of her parents.
November 11: A Bintel Brief - A JArts TheatreWorks Stage Reading
The JArts TheatreWorks group presents a staged reading of “A Bintel Brief”, an advice column started by Abraham Cahan, editor of Der Forverts.
WATCH: So many Yiddish words for ‘imbecile’
The comedy sketch featuring Allen Lewis Rickman and Yelena Shmulenson was one of the highlights of this year’s online Forward gala.
Election night: Get up-to-the-minute Twitter updates in Yiddish
The Forverts plans to report and analyze the results as soon as the first polls close.