VIDEO: A humorous Yom Kippur tale about a shtetl cantor (with English subtitles)
The classic story by Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem is performed here by actor Shane Baker.
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VIDEO: Rabbi Soloveitchik describes the emotional experience before Yom Kippur
In this introduction to his 1976 pre-Yom Kippur sermon, he describes how much easier it is to transmit knowledge than to inspire religious awe.
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How to greet people in Yiddish on the Jewish holidays
Learn how to wish someone a Happy New Year and beyond with this Yiddish language guide
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My New Year reflections as a secular Jew
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At this yeshiva, academics, religion — oh, and the occasional Playboy mag
Although students were unruly, at times even sneaking the rabbi’s car keys from his coat pocket, many later became highly successful.
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The shul knocker: The protagonist of Rosh Hashanah Eve
Although shul knocking may seem like a low-status profession today, shul knockers were held in high regard in the shtetl.
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Who translated The New York Times’ yeshiva report into Yiddish? It’s a closely guarded secret
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
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A time when Tbilisi, Georgia, had a rich Yiddish cultural life
Many Eastern European Jews joined the city's Sephardic community in the 19th century, to escape the pogroms in their native towns.
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Why The New York Times translated its Hasidic yeshiva investigation into Yiddish
The Gray Lady has likely never published an entire story in the language
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Why songwriter Josh Waletzky called his elegy for 9/11 ‘One World’
One World Trade Center — the taller of the two towers that were obliterated — had special meaning for Waletzky
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VIDEO: The powerful ‘Ballad of September 11’ (in Yiddish with English subtitles)
Singer Lucette van den Berg performs the song composed by the late songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
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