Yiddish
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!!!!)
Amidst coronavirus pandemic, YIVO looks to the digital future
Like stores, museums and theaters, archives and libraries have struggled to adapt in the face of social distancing due to Covid-19.
Learn Yiddish with the Forverts’ Word of the Day videos
As people continue to spend their days and evenings at home, due to coronavirus social distancing restrictions, the Forverts has decided to launch a daily series of short informal video clips called Yiddish Word of the Day.
Board member resigns from YIVO amid fallout over library layoffs
YIVO’s entire library staff, who oversaw more than 400,000 books, were laid off last month.
Watch Kirk Douglas sing in Yiddish
Kirk Douglas never forgot his Jewish roots. Here he sings the Yiddish song “My Beautiful Girl.”
The monumental effort of translating ‘Harry Potter’ into Yiddish
Translator Arun Viswanath tracked down words and terms associated with magic, British foods, boarding school life and dozens of rare plants
Of Herzl, Einstein, Chagall and George Kennan: Memories of working with YIVO’s librarians
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is the world’s preeminent center for the study of Yiddish language and culture.
Nearly 700 scholars and students condemn YIVO librarian layoffs
“The loss of this knowledge and expertise is hard to exaggerate.”
YIVO, world’s biggest Yiddish research center, lays off all its librarians
YIVO is the world’s preeminent center for studying Yiddish language, culture and history. How will it function without librarians?
‘Blood Flows Like Water And People Fall Like Flies,’ The Forverts Remembers The Great War
Forverts readers were often desperate for news of their hometowns and families in Europe during World War I.