Jewish advocacy groups working with private high schools on antisemitism
Since the war, education about Jew-hate is in high demand. But some say it does not fit neatly into existing diversity programs
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The filmmaker who challenged his Haredi community’s prejudices
Menachem Daum believed that reaching out to Poles and other non-Jews was part of his holy work in creating a better world
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Yiddishland California seeks generous donations to keep it in seaside La Jolla
If the Yiddish culture organization doesn’t raise $120,000 by December 31, it will be forced to move to another state.
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The first new full-length American Yiddish drama in decades is set to take the stage
‘The Gospel According to Chaim,’ about a writer who translated the New Testament into Yiddish, will premiere in New York on Dec. 21
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What to make of the Polish parliament Hanukkah incident
Given the brazenness of the far-right politician's attack, Jews may soon become more convenient political targets in Poland
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Zelda Kahan Newman, translator of Yiddish women’s poetry, has died
In addition to her books on renowned women poets, she wrote linguistic papers on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish
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Yiddish-speaking Israeli soldier shows us what gift he received for Hanukkah
Yonatan Alman, who's stationed at Israel’s northern border, never thought the war would still be going on by Hanukkah time.
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Love triangles and arias abound in this reconstructed 1911 Yiddish comic operetta
‘Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love’ returns to New York, where it premiered over a century ago, on Monday, Dec. 11
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VIDEO: This Yiddish Hanukkah song ponders the meaning of the candles
The narrator of the song contrasts the miracle of the oil with the suffering of the Jews under the Russian Czar
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This Boston synagogue looks like a New England church but murals reveal its Jewish identity
The hundred-year-old Vilna Shul is one of a handful that has retained its folk art-painted walls
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Warsaw Jewish socialist martyr Artur Zygielbojm was a harsh critic of Zionism
The play 'Amid Falling Walls' links the Bundist with Jewish longing for Palestine. He would have balked at this interpretation
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