Hitler’s Germany was obsessed with “Bei Mir Bist du Schön” (“To Me You Are Beautiful”), the 1937 song that catalyzed the era of Yiddish swing.
Sandler's composition was adopted by various Jewish artists, but it wasn't until Black Jewish musician Willie “The Lion” Smith covered the song in the 1920s, that it became a widespread phenomenon.
Why not spend part of your “free time” at home brushing up on some of your bubbe and zayde’s favorite Yiddish words?
Chava was born and raised in Mexico in a Yiddish-speaking home.
The anti-Zionist party decided to join forces with minorities within Israel's Jewish population.
Such success of a Yiddish publication is unprecedented, as few if any Yiddish books published outside the hassidic sector sell 1,000 in the span of a year.
Translated by an Indian-American Orthodox Jew and published in Sweden, the story behind the translation is fascinating in its own right
While yentas vary widely in age, they appear to be less diverse in gender.
Those poems, including those written by Itzik Manger, remind us of what Jews did before 1939, how in spite of hardship, deserted by almost all, they lived, strove, created and gave.
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