Read this article in Yiddish As I arrived in Washington Heights to pick up my 3-year old grandson for my weekly babysitting gig, I decided that this was going to be a different kind of ride. After buckling him in and settling myself behind the wheel, I told him that instead of letting him watch…
Read this article in Yiddish Rachmil Bryks (1912 – 1974) dedicated his literary oeuvre to one theme: The Holocaust, which he survived in the Lodz Ghetto and German slave labor work camps. A new English translation compiles three of his autobiographical works. Part I — “Those Who Didn’t Survive” — tells the story of the…
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Yiddish comedians and experts on Yiddish comedy spoke with Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, about their work during a Zoominar organized by the Forward on Monday. Panelists Hy Wolfe, Michael Wex, Shane Baker, Allen Lewis Rickman and Yelena Shmulenson traded jokes and performed short monologues characteristic of Yiddish humor. Wolfe, longtime Yiddish theater actor…
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Learn some poses that combine breath and movement, demonstrated before a stunning California landscape.
Read this article in Yiddish. On Monday, June 22nd, Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter moderated a panel discussion with Yiddish singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong expert Itzik Gottesman on the question, “Why are Yiddish Songs So Popular Now?” Each participant spoke about their perception of Yiddish music today and what…
Read this article in Yiddish While the wave of demonstrations sweeping the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of protest music, it has also led many to revisit older songs. Some feel that the anthem most associated with the Civil Rights Movement, “We Shall Overcome,” is too…
Crossword puzzle fans who know some Yiddish can now do Yiddish puzzles directly on their computer screens and immediately check if their answers are correct as they work on the puzzle.
Read this article in Yiddish. Like stores, museums and theaters, archives and specialized libraries have struggled to adapt in the face of social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With staff and scholars unable to access their holdings and the public unable to attend in-person programming, many institutions have found themselves in a state of…
Read this article in Yiddish Last September, the Forward published an article about a very curious incident in 1926, in which the rabbi of a Yonkers Orthodox synagogue opened the aron kodesh, the ornamental closet in the synagogue housing the Torah scrolls, and cursed the congregation. The author of that article, Nancy Klein, whose parents…
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