Jonah S. Boyarin
By Jonah S. Boyarin
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Yiddish World How to greet people in Yiddish on the Jewish holidays
Learn how to wish someone a Happy New Year and beyond with this Yiddish language guide
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Opinion Give your stimulus check to the needy: It’s the Jewish thing to do
When Passover ended, I turned my computer back on and discovered that I had received my stimulus check. I sat there for a minute, just looking at it. It’s not every day $1,200 materializes into your checking account: I had the gleeful, surreal feeling like a genie’s wish had been granted, or that I had…
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