The church preacher who gave sermons in Yiddish
Joseph Rabinowitz, a 19th century Hasid who found Jesus, hoped that his Christian-Jewish sect would improve the fate of the Jews
Joseph Rabinowitz, a 19th century Hasid who found Jesus, hoped that his Christian-Jewish sect would improve the fate of the Jews
Documentarian Marian Marzynski's films included 'Shtetl' and 'A Jew Among the Germans'
The author, a member of Toronto’s First Narayever Synagogue, retells the story she found in the town’s memorial book.
The film "Shtetlers" reveals the Jewish culture that Jews and non-Jews shared in these towns.
The title leaves the ‘e’ out of ‘shtetl’ as a symbol of what was lost.
Learn why shtetl Jews covered their pots on Christmas Eve and other fascinating traditions related to the holiday
As Russia’s bloodletting in Ukraine continues, we have begun sharing stories about the great contribution that Ukrainian Jews have made to our rich Jewish culture and to the world at large. Today we’ll focus on the renowned avant-garde Jewish painter Issachar Ber Ryback, whose lithographs and paintings portrayed traditional Jewish life in the Ukrainian shtetl,…
Read this article in Yiddish. As seen in a new exhibit at the Museum at Eldridge Street, artist Debra Olin has created large format monoprint collages that explore Jewish folkloric superstitions and religious practices, particularly those of women in the Russian Pale of Settlement. Olin based her art on the information she gleaned from an…
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