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 Satmar-raised singer Riki Rose becomes a Yiddish rock star
The social media influencer has appeared in comedies, cooking shows and concerts, gaining a loyal following on Instagram.
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Yiddish World A Yiddish parody of the Hebrew prayer for rain
The folk song is performed here by the late cantor Mordechai Hershman
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Yiddish World Workers Circle now offers Yiddish courses that meet twice a week
The program includes intensive courses that require learning the Yiddish alphabet, and conversational classes that don't
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Oct. 7: One Year Later A painful split in the Yiddishist community since Oct. 7
The opposing perspectives of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Yiddish fans has triggered anxiety and vehement arguments
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Yiddish World VIDEO: From under her grandfather’s prayer shawl on Tisha B’Av: Discovering Yiddish
Yiddish activist Gella Schweid Fishman was in the synagogue with her grandfather, when a poster on the wall caught her eye.
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Yiddish World Yiddish Shabbos songs to sing while sipping your glass of tea
Most Jews end the Sabbath meal with Hebrew or Aramaic hymns, but there are some wonderful Yiddish ones, too
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Yiddish World Online conference seeks role for Yiddish in the future of Holocaust studies
Topics include Yiddish drama after the Holocaust and the challenges of translating Abraham Sutzkever's poetry
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Yiddish World Video: Gaza hostage’s bubbe has schnitzel waiting for him in the freezer
Zili Wenkert, whose grandson was abducted on Oct. 7, shares his favorite schnitzel recipe
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