Yiddish
Parashat Vayikra: Mutual responsibility
Vayikra’s message of purity, repentance, and unity teaches that even without sacrifices, we can draw closer to God and to one another.
Living on pins and needles: Israel faces uncertainty at the prospect of war - opinion
Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David: Preserving the history of German Jewry - interview
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
Leah’s legacy reminds us that renewal after October 7 will emerge from depth, resilience, and the quiet work of rebuilding from within.
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.
At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word - as opera
"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," an original chamber opera, premieres at YIVO, dramatizing the post-Holocaust effort to preserve Yiddish through language.
The secret joke for Israelis in Stephen King's 'Life of Chuck'
Based on Stephen King's 2020 short novella, the film didn’t become a box office hit, but it seems that everyone who watched it couldn't stop thinking about it days later.
Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books, now he’s handing over the keys
“The idea that you have miles of Jewish stories that have yet to be told, that’s just irresistible to someone like me," he said.
Grapevine, May 23, 2025: They also see
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration
Winitsky said he saw the cuts as a direct attack on groups that might undercut the administration.
'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English - review
An English translation by Rose Waldman of Chaim Grade’s final, unfinished work has been published.
Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert
Facing a return of his brain cancer, Tilson Thomas says goodbye with one final concert in San Francisco.
Brad Lander just cursed Andrew Cuomo in Yiddish
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander clapped back at Andrew Cuomo with a Yiddish curse after being accused of anti-Israel actions during a synagogue speech.
