Yiddish activist Bella Bryks Klein embraced the language with people of all ages
With boundless energy, Bella organized Yiddish events in Israel and promoted its use through video and lectures
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VIDEO: Twelve popular Ashkenazi dishes, made gluten-free
These Yiddish cooking demos with English subtitles are handy for anyone with celiac or sensitivity to gluten
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The surprising thing I learned about my tough-as-nails Bubby
While interviewing her for an article I was writing, she mentioned a man she once loved — before she met my Zaidy
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The remarkable story of the Lost Shtetl Museum
Worried that the Jewish cemetery in the former shtetl Šeduva would be neglected, Sergey Kanovich found a solution
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Opera about a unique Yiddish dictionary to have its world premiere
The plot involves two Jewish scholars determined to revitalize the language after its near destruction in the Holocaust
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Yizkor books and yentas: When New York City was a Yiddish town
Henry Sapoznik’s book is like “a raucous Brooklyn candy store full of sweets from NYC's vintage era.”
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They tried to steal our language, too
Catalogues of Yiddish books kept by the Nazi-controlled Hungarian regime are being translated into English
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Hiding from the Nazis in Japan
Meyer Zucker was one of more than 2,000 Jews saved by diplomat Chiune Sugihara exactly 85 years ago
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A story of a child who fought the Nazis his own way
For Yiddish educators, creating child heroes was an emotionally safe way to relate Holocaust history to their students
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Ukraine in the words of a murdered Yiddish poet
In June, a book festival in Kyiv featured a discussion titled “Yiddish as a Ukrainian Language”
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