Rukhl Schaechter is the Yiddish editor of the Forward and the producer of the YouTube series, “Yiddish Word of the Day.” She loves cooking, Israeli folk-dancing and talking to her grandchildren.
Rukhl SchaechterYiddish/Forverts Editor
By Rukhl Schaechter
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Yiddish World A Yiddish favorite is among the top baby names in New York
Among children aged 5 and under, Yiddish now ranks as the third most common home language in New York state
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Yiddish World How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line
In a recent episode, an ex-Hasidic character uses Yiddish when reaching out to Hasidic passers-by
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Yiddish World VIDEO: A song about a Jewish girl, Khaye, who died in Treblinka
Binem Heller wrote the poem about his sister who, before the war, would watch over him and his brothers while their mother worked
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Yiddish World Forverts podcast: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The 1911 tragedy reminds us what could happen when immigrant workers' lives are put in danger.
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Each episode features one or two articles in Yiddish related to a specific theme
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In his films, the late director strove to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews, especially Catholic Poles.
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An anthropologist and a Hasidic linguist will describe it at the Yiddish New York festival
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Yiddish World When roast goose was a Hanukkah delicacy, and latkes were fried in its schmaltz
They were slaughtered before Hanukkah in order to render enough fat to last through the winter, when butter was scarce.
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