Yiddish
Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie, Our Greatest Hanukkah Songwriter
An unlikely mastermind is behind several beloved Hanukkah songs: folk music icon Woody Guthrie.
Behind The Scenes On ‘Shtisel,’ Netflix’s Surprise Ultra-Orthodox Hit
“‘Shtisel’ made me realize I’m a Jew.”
Watch A Six-Year-Old Yiddish Speaker Imitate The Forverts’s Cooking Show
6-year old Tzina Schulman hosts a spoof of the Forverts program “Est Gezunterheyt.”
WATCH: The Musical Legacy Of Velvel Pasternak
A selection of songs associated with the great ethnomusicologist Velvel Pasternak.
Velvel Pasternak, Champion Of Traditional Jewish Music, Dies At 86
Velvel Pasternak, the publisher, scholar and nonpareil Jewish music historian primarily known for his expertise on the music of Hasidism, has died.
WATCH: How To Make Dairy And Vegan Cheesecakes For Shavuot
Learn to bake a traditional East European cheesecake for Shavuot, as well as a vegan chocolate version.
The Forverts Launches A Crossword!
The Forverts’s new Yiddish crossword is the first of its kind.
My Mother Survived Italy’s Bombing Of Tel Aviv. Her Life Was Never The Same
“The dreaded day has arrived, the day on which I left Eretz Yisrael — the land where I was educated, where I lived a life of freedom and happiness.”
Yiddishkeit. Lekach. Keriah. Tophet. Holishkes. The Scripps Spelling Bee Just Loves Jewish Words.
What are holishkes, if you please?
The First Word Of The Day At The Scripps Spelling Bee Was ‘Yiddishkeit’
The word means “Jewish character or quality” or “Jewish way of life.”
