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.

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

Jacob and Rachel by William Dyce (1853)

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

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? 


Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, as new NYC exhibit shows it gave a new nest to live - opinion

At the beginning of the 20th century, Yiddish and Hebrew were rivals to become the language of the future Jewish state.

 A Jewish siddur written in Hebrew.

NYT op-ed: Hebrew symbolizes 'far-right Israeli militarism'

Israel's official X account called the writer who bashed Hebrew "Meshuggeneh [crazy person]."

 THE NEW YORK Times building in Manhattan.

Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54

Although raised Catholic, Pancur felt an affinity with the Yiddish musical culture that thrived for centuries across Europe before its devastation by the Holocaust.

 A German daily called Andrea Pancur "the most important representative of Yiddish culture in Germany."

How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer

As queerness is increasingly persecuted in the United States, Yiddish culture has been my refuge: a culture with no country that is well-suited for people being rejected by theirs.

 PARTICIPANTS GATHER for the annual Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance.

The way it really was! Some faces and facets of Yiddish humor

In Hebrew, Yiddish humor has found a different creativity. But within it, the castigation of hypocrisy and the sardonic wit, evolved and different, still sparkle.

 A poster advertising Dzigan and Schumacher

How can you define Jewish humor? - opinion

Defining Jewish humor, Israeli humor, Yiddish humor, and where they differ and overlap.

 American actor Gene Wilder performs during the rehearsal of a scene from Neil Simon’s ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ in 1996.

Grapevine June 28, 2023: A missed anniversary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ALON GOLDMAN (left), BMW marketing manager, at Delek Motors with Dr. Doron Kreiser and his racing car.

Classic Yiddish tale 'Wandering Stars' gets Jerusalem musical adaptation

It has taken more than a century for the Wandering Stars to make it into bona-fide theatrical form, but the Jerusalem-based Encore Educational Theatre Company is doing just that.

 ‘WANDERING STARS’ tells the tale of a love lost in the shtetl and refound in New York.

Grapevine June 23, 2023: New Jerusalem icon

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JERUSALEM MAYOR Moshe Lion with Shlomo Hasid.

Glasgow's Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts down after alleging antisemitism from 'leftists'

The cafe said in a statement published on its website that members of its collective were suffering from “burnout” due to the stresses of “struggling under capitalism and kyriarchy."

 A cup of coffee (Illustrative)