The linguistics major discovered his interest in Yiddish poetry through his coursework at Brandeis. After taking Yiddish courses with professor Ellen Kellman, Bernstein continued to pursue his ...

I first fell in love with Jewish languages as a Fulbright fellow at Tel Aviv University. I was fascinated by the many ...

The city, once home to thousands of Jewish refugees, will be one of the first places in East Asia where the songs are brought ...

"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," an original chamber opera, premieres at YIVO, dramatizing the post-Holocaust effort to preserve Yiddish through language. (New York Jewish Week) — In ...

The Duolingo learning app on Tuesday is adding a new language to its offerings: Yiddish. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It's the ...

The film blends archival footage, original music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to ...

The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies offers undergraduates the opportunity to earn a minor in Yiddish and East European Jewish Culture. The broad objective for the minor is for students ...

There was an unusual event in Haifa the other day. Muhammad Sharif Odeh, the leader of the Israeli community of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, announced the 25th anniversary of an Ahmadiyya-sponsored ...

Columnist Gilda Dangot-Simpkin writes of her mother, a Holocaust survivor from Poland who was filled with worldly advice.

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There's a grain silo behind the house, and a chicken pen across the road. On a shallow rise above the fields, a shed that stores crates of garlic. This upstate farm looks like any other, except the ...

To BE or not to be — ” The actor pauses for effect, then moves downstage. “Let it be, that’s what we paid for!” shouts an old man in the orchestra. Othello gestures to Desdemona, boards a gondola — ...