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.
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Yiddish World YiddishPOP can bring more diversity to American Jewish education
The animated learning tool provides a contemporary approach to Yiddish instead of sending it to the dustbin of history.
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Yiddish World A Yiddish favorite is among the top baby names in New York
Among children aged 5 and under, Yiddish now ranks as the third most common home language in New York state
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Yiddish World How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line
In a recent episode, an ex-Hasidic character uses Yiddish when reaching out to Hasidic passers-by
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Yiddish World Why children in Rio de Janeiro are singing in Yiddish
A cultural rediscovery is underway, led through music, university courses and children’s education.
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Yiddish World Interviews with Holocaust survivors reveal the richness of Yiddish
Thanks to a new online resource, the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe, anyone can now hear or view these recordings
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Yiddish World How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey
Sarah taught me how Yiddish articulated resilience through cynicism, poking fun at everything in life from the tragic to the banal
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Yiddish World Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization?
A “memory landscape” in Berlin’s former Yiddish-speaking neighborhood revives the dream of Yiddish as an official minority language of Germany
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Yiddish World Recalling Millie Baran, whose mark on the Yiddish world lives on
Once a beloved "camp mother" at a socialist summer camp, she was invited onto "The View" to describe her Holocaust experiences.
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