Want To Talk About Current Events In Yiddish? Here’s How.
Whether discussing immigration issues or the World Cup, the League for Yiddish’s lists will come in handy.
How Hasidic Sages Supported Transgender People — 200 Years Ago
Abby Stein, a transgender woman who grew up Hasidic, says Hasidic texts about Isaac and Rebecca discuss transgender identity.
WATCH: Yiddish Writer Yechiel Shraybman Describes His Moldovan Shtetl
An old Jewish judge who refuses to open his eyes - just one of the touching images he describes about his shtetl, Rashkev.
Throwback Thursday: ‘Bomb Thrown In Bagel Bakery’, 1958
It was believed to have been thrown by anti-Semites.
WATCH: How Israel’s Yiddish Radio Pioneer Reached Past The Iron Curtain
The legendary announcer Mikhael Ben Avraham describes the rich Yiddish milieu in Israel in the 1950s.
How A Yiddish Program In Paris Is Invigorating Research In Israel And The U.S.
“The program allows us to link our own research project with a broader immersion in the Yiddish language and literature.”
Watch: How to Make Cabbage Strudel
As Rukhl and Eve make this Old World favorite, watch the dough become so thin you can see through it!
WATCH: Poet And Refusenik Yosef Kerler Remembers Terrifying Run-In With KGB
Kerler and his wife, Anya, were among the first “refuseniks;” in 1979, the Soviet government finally allowed them to emigrate to Israel.
Is An Arizona Family Haunted By A Yiddish-Speaking Ghost?
Rarely is the main focus of reports of alleged paranormal events a Yiddish word.
WATCH: Yosl Birstein Gave A Yiddish Voice To Israel’s Charms And Foibles
Yosl Birstein was such a terrific storyteller, both in Yiddish and in Hebrew, that he eventually became a legendary figure on the Israeli radio.
