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.
Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents
Leah, and the inner truth we need in an age of illusion - opinion
Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, is there ever a right time to play Shylock?
Mayim Bialik teaches Noa Tishby the rules of dreidel on Hanukkah's third night
Bialik taught Tishby that there are different outcomes to spinning and landing on each of the four sides of the dreidel.
Eight incredible things to do during Hanukkah in NYC this year
Looking to stay entertained during this busy, chilly time of year? Here at the New York Jewish Week, we’ve got you covered.
Grapevine December 1, 2024: Yiddish in Japan?
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
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.
