Yiddish

The classic Jewish film ‘Hester Street’ gets a new life in 2021

The debut film from Joan Micklin Silver, best known for her rom-com “Crossing Delancey,” has been given a 4K restoration.

By Mia J. Merrill October 6, 2021 5:06 pm

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The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

The fight over Singer’s identity offers lessons on the pitfalls of decentralized knowledge in the era of disinformation, with some possible insights about Polish ultranationalism.

June 4, 2021 12:40 pm

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Yiddish writers knew from pogroms. Here’s what they can teach us about Tulsa and beyond.

Yiddish writers in the early 20th century were deeply concerned about American racist violence and represented it frequently in both journalistic and artistic ways, writes Jessica Kirzane.

June 3, 2021 1:03 pm

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

By Gabe Friedman April 1, 2021 5:01 pm

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This deadly tragedy at a Yiddish performance is the reason it’s illegal to yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater

By Henry Abramson February 4, 2021 1:16 pm

‘Jeopardy!’ just had a Yiddish category with words like ‘schlep’ and ‘nosh’

By Lior Zaltzman December 3, 2020 11:07 am

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

By Ben Harris November 10, 2020 8:00 am

‘It’s a call to action’: A Yiddish theater company puts on a Sinclair Lewis play that imagines US falling into authoritarianism

By Josefin Dolsten October 28, 2020 4:32 pm

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These 10 Yiddish words will get you through quarantine

By Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg May 20, 2020 1:55 pm

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Using this Yiddish word is an art that anyone can master

By Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg February 12, 2020 3:10 pm

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