Yiddish
Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s zeyde was noted Yiddish writer
Meyer Blinken wrote about the insidious effects of poverty and was one of the few male Yiddish writers to ever write about women’s sexuality.
WATCH: A powerful song by a young woman who left the Hasidic world behind
In this music video, Hannah Gee expresses the loneliness of a young woman who’s chosen a very different lifestyle from that of her parents.
Why the exhibit on the Warsaw Jewish quarter, Muranow, is so good
One of the exhibit objects – a simple pair of scissors from that period – show us exactly what a typical tool used by Jews looked like.
Podcast: A Jewish revolutionary tells her story
A radio drama about Klara Klebanova, a Jewish girl from a wealthy family who finds herself smuggling dynamite.
Yiddish culture barely touched upon in ‘The New Jewish Canon’
The message given by the book is clear: for the American Jewish intelligentsia, Yiddish is primarily associated with the Holocaust.
As popularity of Yiddish skyrockets, Knesset launches Yiddish initiative in Israel
A lobby has been launched in the Knesset urging the government to take responsibility for preserving Yiddish as a national language.
In a delightful short film, a Hasidic bookbinder leads a secret online existence
Eli Rosen plays Itzik, a middle-aged man who gets unexpectedly drawn into a passionate affair online.
NYC has at most 5 Yiddish-speaking contact tracers despite COVID spike among the Orthodox
“It’s really a problem. It reflects a failure to adapt to the cultural needs, the linguistic needs of this community.”
Kibitz is the Oxford English Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Day’ — but their definition will surprise you
The first definition is about being annoying while watching a card game; the second is the familiar one of chatting, bantering, joking.
Etsy vendor’s misspelled Yiddish ‘NYC crotch’ mask is selling out, so she’s making one for L.A.
“We are all laughing again!! I love that!! The sales have gone through the roof!!! I quit counting!! LOL! (Hurray!! I’m able to pay bills!!!!)