Yiddish

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

Jerusalemite of the Week: A conversation with Leo Baeck Institute director Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David on preserving German Jewish history.

|ByAARON REICH
Irene Aue-Ben-David
A three-year-old haredi child found on his own at a bus terminal at the Kalandiya West Bank crossing, December 15, 2025

Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents

The child's parents, a haredi couple residing in Modi'in Ilit, were located on Monday morning and subsequently taken into questioning by police officers.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jacob and Rachel by William Dyce (1853)

Leah, and the inner truth we need in an age of illusion - opinion

Leah’s legacy reminds us that renewal after October 7 will emerge from depth, resilience, and the quiet work of rebuilding from within.

|ByZEHAVIT GROSS
Saul Rubinek plays a version of himself in "Playing Shylock," about an actor whose dream to play Shakespeare's controversial Jewish character is thwarted by timid producers.

Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, is there ever a right time to play Shylock? 

“Playing Shylock,” opening in Brooklyn, imagines the cancellation of Shakespeare’s controversial play about the humiliation of a Jewish moneylender.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Grapevine October 9, 2022: A different Balfour Day celebration

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022BySANDRA LEE BRAUDE
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.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022ByDUDI FATIMER
Shmulik Atzmon

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

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByZEV STUB
SHLEPPING NACHAS takes the stage.

Jewish actor Josh Peck talks kvetching, Yiddish on YouTube

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

AUGUST 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

How I learned to stop kvetching and love the Yiddish revival - opinion

“We’ve mentored almost 80 translation fellows so that there will be a new generation. And we’ve got actors who are on Broadway and Yiddish theater.”

JULY 18, 2022ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
A dance workshop at Yidstock, held at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, July 7-10, 2022.

Grapevine June 19, 2022: Reviving Yiddish as part of our heritage

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 18, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CHAVA ALBERSTEIN at an event in appreciation of Yiddish language and culture, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2018.

The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is now in Yiddish

Now the Jewish world knows how to say “SpongeBob SquarePants” in Yiddish, thanks to a translation of the animated kid show’s theme song by Eddy Portnoy.

JUNE 14, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
The Spongebob SquarePants with Gary the Snail balloon hovers above the crowd during the 93rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, U.S., November 28, 2019.