Zach Golden is Deputy Yiddish Editor. He is also a co-founder and rabbi of the synagogue and cultural center Der Nister in Los Angeles. He can be reached at [email protected].
Zach GoldenDeputy Yiddish Editor
By Zach Golden
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Yiddish World Der Nister, the hidden shul on the 14th floor
Building a synagogue that embraces culture
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Yiddish World ‘Bring Him Home’ from ‘Les Miz’ has new meaning in Israel. Now there’s a Yiddish version.
The song is the result of close teamwork between a secular choir director and a former Hasid
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Yiddish World Looking for a free, online resource to learn Yiddish?
See the differences between Yiddish Duolingo, Yiddish Pop and other popular tools for learning the 'mame-loshn'
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Yiddish World Why do so many Yiddish words in English have a German spelling?
The small but important differences in how we spell Yiddish words today
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Yiddish World Prolific Yiddish conference organizer Philip ‘Fishl’ Kutner has died at 97
The retired science teacher launched Der Bay, a newsletter promoting Yiddish events and groups
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Yiddish World The first new full-length American Yiddish drama in decades is set to take the stage
‘The Gospel According to Chaim,’ about a writer who translated the New Testament into Yiddish, will premiere in New York on Dec. 21
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Yiddish World Love triangles and arias abound in this reconstructed 1911 Yiddish comic operetta
‘Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love’ returns to New York, where it premiered over a century ago, on Monday, Dec. 11
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Yiddish World How Yiddish became a ‘foreign language’ in Israel despite being spoken there since the 1400s
The exhibit ‘Palestinian Yiddish’ chronicles the integration of Yiddish with Arabic, its literary rise and violent suppression in pre-state Israel
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