Jake Schneider is a Yiddish activist, poet and translator. Born in New Jersey, he’s been living in Berlin since 2012. Find out more at jakeschneider.eu
Jake Schneider
By Jake Schneider
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Yiddish World Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization?
A “memory landscape” in Berlin’s former Yiddish-speaking neighborhood revives the dream of Yiddish as an official minority language of Germany
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Yiddish World Yiddish in Texas: An unexpected language is still riding the bronco
In Houston, the “Yiddish Vinkel” has been meeting for 45 years, and now there’s even a Yiddish class for teenagers
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Yiddish אַ רעפֿעראַט אויף ייִדיש אין מינכן פֿונעם ליטעראַטור־פֿאָרשער נתן כּהן A Yiddish lecture in Munich by literature scholar Nathan Cohen
די „שלום־עליכם לעקציע“ וועט מען קענען הערן אויפֿן אָרט אָדער דורך דער אינטערנעץ.
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street
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