Yiddish
Israel urges rabbis to help stop Iranian spy recruitment after dozens of indictments - report
Iranian agents use a simple recruitment method, relying on "fishing expeditions and luck," gradually escalating their demands in exchange for "easy" money.
Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia
America did not begin in a single language - opinion
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close
How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music
Netsky said he thinks the Yiddish theater music in the archive files is particularly valuable because it was maligned by the classical composers as shund (trash) and neglected.
Grapevine, October 13, 2024 : Of conferences and ceremonies
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102
Fania Brantsovsky, the last survivor of the Vilna ghetto and a Yiddish culture advocate, died at 102, mourning a rich Jewish past.
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.
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.
Grapevine August 18, 2024: Preserving and promoting Yiddish
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
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.
Worlds of Jewish music and thought
A Polish-born singer brings a taste of the shtetl to Jerusalem.
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.
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
