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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Pinchas Cohen is the Jewish USC researcher behind discoveries like SHLP ("schlep"), SHMOOSE and MENTSH
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The Yiddish Book Center says it’s unaffected by the planned shutdown of the campus next door
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Culture A moving tribute to Soviet Jewry, with uncomfortable contemporary echoes
Yiddish Glory's follow-up to its Grammy-nominated debut album holds up a mirror to our own age
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Yiddish World How a group of retirees uses the Forverts podcast to learn Yiddish
For each text, the author designs activities to promote comprehension as I did when I taught Spanish to college students.
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Culture The minotaur-slaying, dragon-battling hero of this video game is an old Jewish guy with back problems and an attitude
The upcoming ‘The Eternal Life of Goldman’ is a gorgeous, 2D fantasy-adventure centered on the exploits of the kippah-wearing Mr. Goldman
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Yiddish World Yiddish non-profit brings together literature, listening parties and language circles in London
‘Jargon’ founders sought a Jewish space that focuses on diaspora and counter-cultural Jewish characters
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Yiddish World VIDEO: A review of ‘Marty Supreme’ in Yiddish (English subtitles)
Actor Allen L. Rickman shares his take on the acclaimed film about an ambitious, unscrupulous table tennis player
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Yiddish World A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life
Born in a Yiddish cultural space, “I Think I Saw You” asks intimate questions about visibility, loss and freedom
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