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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Politics Chuck Schumer’s enemies can’t resist cursing him out in Yiddish
He was elected after being called a ‘putzhead.’ Now the head of the Jewish GOP is calling him a schmuck
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3 city children reveal what they discovered in the countryside and how they felt about being there
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Culture The second Yiddish Harry Potter book arrives, and J.K. Rowling is she who must not be named
A 'monumental achievement' for Yiddish literature is painful for many given Rowling’s attacks on trans people
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Culture How Doug Emhoff embodies a very specific form of Jewish joy
Speaking in Paris at the site of a deadly 1982 antisemitic attack, Emhoff displayed a defiant 'glik'
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Indian student takes his first in-person Yiddish class — and loves it
Duke University doctoral student Syed Habeeb Tehseen is now a fan of classic Yiddish literature.
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Politics The Yiddish wisdom of Tim Walz
In declaring 'We'll sleep when we're dead,' VP candidate Walz was invoking a particularly Yiddish philosophy and work ethic
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Politics ‘Weird’ is a good word to describe your political opponent — Yiddish has a better one
At some point, Tim Walz and the Democratic party will need a word other than 'weird' to describe Republicans; Yiddish can help
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The popular German series has religious Jews, but does it know how they practiced?
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