The Holocaust survivor in the typewriter repair shop
It wasn’t the sad smile or the stained apron that made me remember him so well. It was the tattoo on his forearm.
The retired science teacher launched Der Bay, a newsletter promoting Yiddish events and groups
It wasn’t the sad smile or the stained apron that made me remember him so well. It was the tattoo on his forearm.
Our authentic Jewish chicken soup is so rich in flavor, you hardly need to salt it
A Yiddish conversation group meets biweekly at locations around the city. Other people think they’re speaking Swiss German.
Growing up, I had no clue about my family's role in the 1917 collapse of the Jarmulowsky Bank
A mother drinks, smokes, gambles, and mocks the old-fashioned mother next door
Among the objects: a Torah shield created in 1781-82, with images of intertwined plants and animals — some real, some fantastical.
Since many Yiddishists are intrigued with Ladino, Moishele Alfonso reported about the NYC event in Yiddish (with English subtitles)
Playwright Mikhl Yashinsky proves you don’t need a Yiddish-speaking milieu to create high-quality works of drama in the language
Singer-songwriter Motty Ilowitz has never shied away from composing songs that don’t fit the Haredi mold
Argentina-born Yitschak Horn explains how people can help bring his sons Yair and Eitan and the other hostages home
דער מחבר האָט איבערגעזעצט דאָס ליד לזכּרון דעם דיכטער מאיר װיזלטיר צו זײַן ערשטן יאָרצײַט