An Ashkenazi delicacy made of fish sperm
It was popular not just with Jews, but with Poles who ate it for the meatless Christmas Eve meal
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Preeminent Yiddish literature prize is open for submissions
Recent winners include Michoel Felsenbaum and Boris Sandler
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VIDEO: Violinist Itzhak Perlman tells us his favorite Passover recipes. Then see us make them.
The virtuoso took some time out of his busy teaching schedule to share childhood memories of his mother's cooking
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Asian descendants of hidden Jews maintain their languages
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Training the ‘Hester Street’ actors how to pronounce their Yiddish lines
Yiddish dialogue coach Miriam Isaacs found the actors, especially the children, in the new play quick and eager learners.
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Why do so many Yiddish words in English have a German spelling?
The small but important differences in how we spell Yiddish words today
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Video: A Purim tale, ‘Drunk all year, but sober on Purim,’ in Yiddish with English subtitles
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What happened the first time I wore a yarmulke on the subway
I’m not religious, but since Oct. 7, I feel that the best way to combat Jew hatred is to act ‘more Jewish'
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Video: Top Jewish chefs praise roast goose as an authentic Ashkenazi delicacy
During the discussion, restaurateur Jeremy Umansky invited the other panelists to Cleveland to meet a local goose farmers
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Prolific Yiddish conference organizer Philip ‘Fishl’ Kutner has died at 97
The retired science teacher launched Der Bay, a newsletter promoting Yiddish events and groups
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The Holocaust survivor in the typewriter repair shop
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