A remarkable album of soulful Hasidic melodies performed by women
Hasidic men have been singing these tunes, called nigunim, for centuries, especially in the presence of their Rebbe.
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This artist paints portraits of today’s Yiddishists
Three works by Los Angeles-based artist Silvia Wagensberg are on display at UCLA Hillel.
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Not your average book party: A month of Jewish summer camp in one night
The unique event in Brooklyn marks the launch of Sandra Fox's book about Jewish summer camps in postwar America
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Speaking Yiddish to chickens: Holocaust survivors on South Jersey chicken farms
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The Forward launches the Yiddish Community Calendar
We want to be your go-to source for Yiddish-themed events, whether online or in-person, in English or in Yiddish
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Workers Circle hosts wide array of Zoom spring courses for Yiddish speakers
Courses include advanced grammar with linguist Yitskhok Niborski and works of humor and satire with Michael Wex.
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VIDEO: In historic first, a female Orthodox rabbi opens prayer at a state legislature
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New film about postwar shtetls in the former USSR is now streaming
The film "Shtetlers" reveals the Jewish culture that Jews and non-Jews shared in these towns.
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My mother and grandmother never made challah. Here’s why I do, and why I love it.
Baking challah meant nothing special until I discovered a recipe named for the European city my father was from.
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Three books on Yiddish-related themes win National Jewish Book Awards
Among the winners: Kenneth Moss’ retelling of Polish Jewish history, focusing on the painful trade-offs Jews were forced to make.
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Why the poet Anna Margolin wrote a 1915 column about actress Sarah Bernhardt’s leg
Margolin hoped it would help women think more about female courage, self-fulfillment and even self-sacrifice for a higher cause.
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