More than shtetl and pogrom: Inside the movement to translate Yiddish
A group of Yiddish translators wants the world to know how modern, feminist and relatable Yiddish literature actually is.
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Jewish Dishes We Miss
This rundown of 10 popular Jewish delicacies from Eastern Europe includes recipes to enable you to try making them yourself.
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What this convert to Christianity wrote about the Jews
Haym Isaac's 1836 book on the folklore of the Polish and German Jews was so popular, there were three editions of it.
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What my father taught me about drinking whiskey
Part of a Forverts series devoted to Father’s Day
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In his last days, my father asked for Yiddish music
Part of a Forverts series devoted to Father’s Day
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My father spoke like Tevye the Dairyman – but with a Polish-Yiddish dialect
Part of a Forverts series devoted to Father’s Day
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Former rabbinical student recalls the moment his belief in the Lubavitcher Rebbe vanished
Yossi Newfield was a firm believer until a former teacher pointed out what Maimonides had written about the requirements for the messiah.
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How the Forverts historically related to its women readers
Although the editors offered practical advice, their attitudes were not always as progressive as you’d expect from a socialist newspaper.
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Paper cuttings for Shavuos — a Jewish folk tradition
The “shvueslekh” were mounted on window panes as a way of celebrating the spring holiday.
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Remembering Gella Schweid-Fishman — a Yiddish teacher we teen girls could relate to
The other teachers, all male, had fled Europe, and their accents and bearing bespoke ‘old country’
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Heirloom: 1950s Forward Cream of Wheat ad has my family in it
Among the immigrants in her parents' circle, everyone knew that this farina brand was a staple in their household.
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