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The company released its first Yiddish keyboards for phone and computer
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The blossoming and annihilation of the Jews in Tarnow
Before the Holocaust, Jews and Poles were on good terms, but under German occupation, many Poles aided the Nazis.
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How my father felt about Halloween
While my mother helped us prepare costumes and sent us out trick-or-treating, my father felt very differently about the holiday.
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Jewish־Ukrainian singer Kateryna Ostrovska produces album on the immigration experience
The goal of the project was to bring together artists who have family immigration experience to create a “spiritual homeland of the homeless.”
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Conference on Yiddish activism and academia on NY’s Upper West Side
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New York State to provide unprecedented support for Yiddish speakers
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Satmar businessman Joel Klein: ‘Hasidim are living the American dream’
Responding to criticism of Hasidic schools, Klein invites people to Williamsburg to see how Hasidic businesses are thriving.
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Paring down our possessions as we get older — a Sukkos parable
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