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 golden@forward.com.
Zach GoldenDeputy Yiddish Editor
By Zach Golden
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Yiddish World Leonard Cohen once denounced Yiddish. Why did he perform this Yiddish folk song?
It may have been a way to work out his Holocaust trauma.
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Yiddish World A tale of Apple’s two Yiddish keyboards
The company released its first Yiddish keyboards for phone and computer
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Yiddish World New York State to provide unprecedented support for Yiddish speakers
The new Office of Language Access will soon contract with nearly 40 Yiddish translation agencies to translate and interpret for Yiddish speakers accessing government services.
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Yiddish World Who translated The New York Times’ yeshiva report into Yiddish? It’s a closely guarded secret
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
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Yiddish World Groundbreaking album breathes new life into nearly abandoned Jewish musical art
Jeremiah Lockwood sought to revive the early 20th century style of cantorial music; he found unexpected partners in the Brooklyn Hasidic community.
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Yiddish World Yiddish postcards from the war in Ukraine
A Ukrainian woman is producing postcards with slogans in Yiddish to raise money for first-aid kits.
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Yiddish World The brave Yiddish startup
I wanted to know what motivated people to dedicate their lives to spreading Yiddish, and to share their stories.
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Yiddish World More than shtetl and pogrom: Inside the movement to translate Yiddish
A group of Yiddish translators wants the world to know how modern, feminist and relatable Yiddish literature actually is.
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