Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in…
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in…
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
One World Trade Center — the taller of the two towers that were obliterated — had special meaning for Waletzky
Singer Lucette van den Berg performs the song composed by the late songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
How a composer, librettist and historian filled in the blanks on the missing masterpiece 'Bas Sheve'
Two new albums reimagine a centuries-old tradition of adapting poetry to music
Steven Skybell, who played Tevye in a production scuppered by the pandemic, spent lockdown learning Yiddish songs
The award-winning Folksbiene production will play off-Broadway’s New World Stages this fall in a limited engagement
The composer of 'Hanuka Gelt' and 'This Land Is Your Land' would have turned 110 today
במשך פֿון זיבן יאָר האָט דזשעף לויִס אַוועקגעגעבן צען טויזנט שפּײַזקאַרטלעך.
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