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

Grapevine October 9, 2022: A different Balfour Day celebration

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOBEL PRIZE laureate in Chemistry Carolyn Bertrozzi with President Isaac Herzog when she came to Israel to receive the Wolf Prize.

Saving literature from amnesia: Revisiting Isaac Bashevis Singer - review

Even though not clearly observant, Yiddishkeit is manifest in Singer’s writings. The presence of God can be seen in his writings.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022BySANDRA LEE BRAUDE
BILGORAJ, POLAND – Isaac Bashevis Singer’s memorial bench in 2016.

Boys in hasidic schools regularly beaten, denied basic secular education - NYT

A year-long investigation into the New York hasidic school system by The New York Times found that the children in these schools were suffering from severe educational deprivation.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Shmulik Atzmon is helping keep Yiddish alive, will work till age 100

One of the newest books in Shmulik Atzmon’s collection is his own autobiography, Dreaming in Yiddish (Hebrew), which sums up the 70 years he spent onstage during his 93 years of life.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022ByDUDI FATIMER
Shmulik Atzmon

Grapevine August 28, 2022: Brazil's bi-centenary

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro takes part in a welcome ceremony for the urn with the heart of Portuguese monarch Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal 200 years ago, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, earlier this week.

Shlepping Nachas: The four man Jerusalem hassidic reggae music band

After putting out several viral music videos in recent months, Shlepping Nachas is currently touring the US and has high hopes for the future – if that’s the divine plan.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByZEV STUB
SHLEPPING NACHAS takes the stage.

Jewish actor Josh Peck talks kvetching, Yiddish on YouTube

“Kvetching,” a word derived from the Yiddish language, means complaining.

AUGUST 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cast member Josh Peck poses at a screening of the movie "Ice Age: Collision Course" at the Fox Studios Lot in Los Angeles, California, US, July 16, 2016.

How I learned to stop kvetching and love the Yiddish revival - opinion

“We’ve mentored almost 80 translation fellows so that there will be a new generation. And we’ve got actors who are on Broadway and Yiddish theater.”

JULY 18, 2022ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
A dance workshop at Yidstock, held at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, July 7-10, 2022.

Grapevine June 19, 2022: Reviving Yiddish as part of our heritage

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 18, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CHAVA ALBERSTEIN at an event in appreciation of Yiddish language and culture, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2018.

The SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is now in Yiddish

Now the Jewish world knows how to say “SpongeBob SquarePants” in Yiddish, thanks to a translation of the animated kid show’s theme song by Eddy Portnoy.

JUNE 14, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
The Spongebob SquarePants with Gary the Snail balloon hovers above the crowd during the 93rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, U.S., November 28, 2019.