Yiddish

Italy is having a Yiddish moment. An unprecedented I.J. Singer translation is part of the boom.

The novelist’s dispatches from his 1932 journey through America are newly available in Italian.

|BySIMONE SOMEKH/JTA
I.J. Singer's dispatches for the Yiddish Forward are collected in “Viaggi in America” (“Travels in America”), which was recently published in a new Italian translation.
Yiddish music from Yad Vashem’s archives. Yiddish was the voice of Jewish life across Central and Eastern Europe for nearly a millennium until approximately five million Yiddish speakers were murdered during World War II. PremiumPremium

'The greatest light is concealed in the darkest places': reviving Yiddish songs

The Holocaust silenced millions of Yiddish voices; musicians are now bringing the songs of a lost civilization back to life

|BySHIFRA JACOBS
Despite pushbacks and boycotts, Israeli entertainers, like comedian, Yohay Sponder continue performing.

Despite boycotts and cancellation, Israeli entertainers stay proud of identity - from the editor

Amid boycotts and hostility abroad, Israeli artists unapologetically embrace their identities and continue performing on stage

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Rabbi Yigal Cohen light candles for the 45 victims who were killed in a stampede, at the scene of the fatal disaster, at Mt Meron, last week. May 06, 2021.

Israel urges rabbis to help stop Iranian spy recruitment after dozens of indictments - report

Iranian agents use a simple recruitment method, relying on "fishing expeditions and luck," gradually escalating their demands in exchange for "easy" money.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023ByGHIL'AD ZUCKERMANN/JTA
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]."

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
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.

JULY 21, 2023ByNOA BARON/JTA
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.

JULY 1, 2023ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
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.

JUNE 30, 2023ByPESSY KRAUSZ
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.

JUNE 28, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

JUNE 24, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
‘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.

JUNE 23, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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."

JUNE 21, 2023ByJACOB JUDAH/JTA
A cup of coffee (Illustrative)