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Dor Shabashewitz

By Dor Shabashewitz

Yiddish World
Asian descendants of hidden Jews maintain their languages

The work of Kristang language activists has something in common with that of the Yiddishists

By Dor Shabashewitz Mar 27, 2024 | 3 min read
Yiddish World
The Dagestan airport riot — Russia’s first 21st-century pogrom

A video filmed during the riot shows teenagers saying 'we’re here to find the Jews and kill them'

By Dor Shabashewitz Nov 9, 2023 | 5 min read
Yiddish World
Myth about the Khazar kingdom converting to Judaism is symbol of pride in this city

Astrakhan, near Kazakhstan, is the place where, according to the story, a nomadic king and his subjects became Jewish 1,000 years ago

By Dor Shabashewitz Oct 18, 2023 | 4 min read
Yiddish World
Jews escaping from Russia find a home in Armenia

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries lies in an Armenian village, with gravestones attributed to the 13th and 14th centuries

By Dor Shabashewitz Sep 28, 2023 | 5 min read
Yiddish World
Jews have their own creole language — in the middle of the Caribbean

Judaeo-Papiamento is spoken by the Sephardic Jewish community of Curaçao

By Dor Shabashewitz Jul 5, 2023 | 3 min read

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