Yiddish

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.

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.
‘To be worthy, every individual must work on himself.’

Parashat Vayikra: Mutual responsibility

 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

Irene Aue-Ben-David

Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David: Preserving the history of German Jewry - interview


Grapevine: The energetic Quint

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Rabbi Emanuel and Rena Quint

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish returning for limited off-Broadway run

The limited production will run from November 13, 2022, to January 1, 2023.

Fiddler on the Roof

Grapevine October 9, 2022: A different Balfour Day celebration

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 NOBEL PRIZE laureate in Chemistry Carolyn Bertrozzi with President Isaac Herzog when she came to Israel to receive the Wolf Prize.

Grapevine October 9, 2022: A different Balfour Day celebration

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 NOBEL PRIZE laureate in Chemistry Carolyn Bertrozzi with President Isaac Herzog when she came to Israel to receive the Wolf Prize.

Saving literature from amnesia: Revisiting Isaac Bashevis Singer - review

Even though not clearly observant, Yiddishkeit is manifest in Singer’s writings. The presence of God can be seen in his writings.

 BILGORAJ, POLAND – Isaac Bashevis Singer’s memorial bench in 2016.

Boys in hasidic schools regularly beaten, denied basic secular education - NYT

A year-long investigation into the New York hasidic school system by The New York Times found that the children in these schools were suffering from severe educational deprivation.

 An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Shmulik Atzmon is helping keep Yiddish alive, will work till age 100

One of the newest books in Shmulik Atzmon’s collection is his own autobiography, Dreaming in Yiddish (Hebrew), which sums up the 70 years he spent onstage during his 93 years of life.

 Shmulik Atzmon

Grapevine August 28, 2022: Brazil's bi-centenary

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

 BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro takes part in a welcome ceremony for the urn with the heart of Portuguese monarch Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal 200 years ago, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, earlier this week.

Shlepping Nachas: The four man Jerusalem hassidic reggae music band

After putting out several viral music videos in recent months, Shlepping Nachas is currently touring the US and has high hopes for the future – if that’s the divine plan.

 SHLEPPING NACHAS takes the stage.

Jewish actor Josh Peck talks kvetching, Yiddish on YouTube

“Kvetching,” a word derived from the Yiddish language, means complaining.

 Cast member Josh Peck poses at a screening of the movie "Ice Age: Collision Course" at the Fox Studios Lot in Los Angeles, California, US, July 16, 2016.