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Culture Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
When DOGE routed the National Endowment for the Humanities, hundreds of grants for Holocaust history and Yiddish culture were terminated
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Theater Why Nick Jonas should not sing ‘Shiksa Goddess,’ the outdated song from ‘The Last Five Years’
The song — and the term ‘shiksa’ — is offensive to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike
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Books Unwieldy, unnerving, and a masterpiece — the last great Yiddish novel has arrived
Chaim Grade's unfinished epic 'Sons and Daughters' solidifies its author's position in the Yiddish pantheon
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Yiddish World Yiddish in Texas: An unexpected language is still riding the bronco
In Houston, the “Yiddish Vinkel” has been meeting for 45 years, and now there’s even a Yiddish class for teenagers
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Yiddish World Roundtable talk about future of Yiddish with top-notch speakers
Panelists will discuss the interest in Yiddish among college students and the broader Jewish and non-Jewish community
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Culture 100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don’t speak the language?
YIVO’s centennial marks a fractious time in Jewish life. It’s ready for the challenge.
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Fast Forward 7 standout treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York
In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s massive Yiddish archive
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Yiddish World Who was the audience for the rhyming Purim play?
This excerpt of Alef Kats’s ‘Purim shpil,’ presented in English, focuses on King Ahasuerus as a drunken fool
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