Hear the traces of American folk music in this new Hasidic song
Singer-songwriter Motty Ilowitz has never shied away from composing songs that don’t fit the Haredi mold
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Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal
Playwright Mikhl Yashinsky proves you don’t need a Yiddish-speaking milieu to create high-quality works of drama in the language
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Argentina-born Yitschak Horn explains how people can help bring his sons Yair and Eitan and the other hostages home
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Video: 12-year-old chef bakes pretzels in Yiddish
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The filmmaker who challenged his Haredi community’s prejudices
Menachem Daum believed that reaching out to Poles and other non-Jews was part of his holy work in creating a better world
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Jewish advocacy groups working with private high schools on antisemitism
Since the war, education about Jew-hate is in high demand. But some say it does not fit neatly into existing diversity programs
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Yiddishland California seeks generous donations to keep it in seaside La Jolla
If the Yiddish culture organization doesn’t raise $120,000 by December 31, it will be forced to move to another state.
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The first new full-length American Yiddish drama in decades is set to take the stage
‘The Gospel According to Chaim,’ about a writer who translated the New Testament into Yiddish, will premiere in New York on Dec. 21
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What to make of the Polish parliament Hanukkah incident
Given the brazenness of the far-right politician's attack, Jews may soon become more convenient political targets in Poland
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Zelda Kahan Newman, translator of Yiddish women’s poetry, has died
In addition to her books on renowned women poets, she wrote linguistic papers on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish
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