This is the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in…
This is the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in…
Henry Sapoznik’s book is like “a raucous Brooklyn candy store full of sweets from NYC's vintage era.”
Catalogues of Yiddish books kept by the Nazi-controlled Hungarian regime are being translated into English
Arriving in America in the 1890's, Shloime “Solomon” Smulewitz became the epitome of the 'Wandering Jew'
The origins of the phrase 'you can't dance at two weddings with one behind' has uncertain origins, but one scholar has a surprising idea
The renowned Talmudist and philosopher gave the sermon ten years after Israel’s founding
Brandeis planned to put its Yiddish program 'on hiatus' — until the Yiddish community spoke out.
The organization drew much interest in its previous location in La Jolla but financial challenges forced it to close last year
Mikhl Yashinsky's zesty 'Feast of the Seven Sinners' marries tradition and taboo, with R-rated consequences
וויזעל איז דער 18טער מענטש צו פֿיגורירן אינעם פּאָסטדינסטס רשימה פֿון חשובֿע אַמעריקאַנער פֿיגורן.
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