Yiddish

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

APRIL 15, 2026|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed - review

Esther Kreitman, sister of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, wrote powerful Yiddish fiction capturing Jewish life, struggle, and survival.

APRIL 4, 2026|ByNOAH ROTHSTEIN

‘To be worthy, every individual must work on himself.’

Parashat Vayikra: Mutual responsibility

Vayikra’s message of purity, repentance, and unity teaches that even without sacrifices, we can draw closer to God and to one another.

MARCH 20, 2026|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Living on pins and needles: Israel faces uncertainty at the prospect of war - opinion

Between daily life and existential threat, Israel is in an anxious twilight zone, with its citizens living without stability.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Meet the Jewish mom whose first sentence on Netflix was in Yiddish

Fifty-four-year-old Levy didn’t hold back her Yiddish, entering her introductory confessional with an “Oy, gott! Oy gevolt” as she comically struggled to climb on the stool.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewish "The Circle" contestant Debbie Schwartzberg Levy.

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering Jewish papercut artist, a circus clown on a humanitarian mission

Remembering the Jewish pioneers from Israel and the world who made differences in their communities.

AUGUST 21, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Tamar Fishman poses with the artwork that became a U.S. Postal Service stamp issued on Hanukkah 2018.

Grapevine August 18, 2024: Preserving and promoting Yiddish

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 18, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

A not so dead language: Olga Miekeszczuk performs Yiddish concert in Jerusalem - review

Mieleszczuk’s performance added to the idea that Yiddish is still a living and breathing language.

JULY 8, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Worlds of Jewish music and thought

A Polish-born singer brings a taste of the shtetl to Jerusalem.

JUNE 28, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

OLGA AVIGAIL Mieleszczuk spreads the Yiddish musical word far and wide.

Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87

Forman, a trailblazer of feminist Jewish studies, died June 9 at Toronto General Hospital. She was 87.

JUNE 14, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Frieda Johles Forman, feminist translator, editor and writer, sits for an oral history interview with the Yiddish Book Center, May 11, 2016, in Toronto.

Pulling Jewish strings: 'Stempenyu' debuts at Tel Aviv's Beit Lessin Theatre

"Stempenyu: A Riveting Tale of Love, Tradition, and Jewish Life in the Pale," delves into the depths of rich theatrical storytelling, exploring love, culture, and tradition in this poignant portrayal

JUNE 3, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN