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  • How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey
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  • Interviews with Holocaust survivors reveal the richness of Yiddish

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forward.com /3 weeks ago

How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey

I first fell in love with Jewish languages as a Fulbright fellow at Tel Aviv University. I was fascinated by the many languages that had converged in Israel: Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddis...

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kveller.com /4 days ago

This Yiddish Word Fills Us With So Much Pride and Contentment

When I interviewed Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry back in 2024, Fry — who people often don’t realize is Jewish — mentioned a Yiddish word he finds particularly wonderful: Naches. I en...

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forward.com /1 week ago

Interviews with Holocaust survivors reveal the richness of Yiddish

Many people today prize the Yiddish of native speakers who grew up in Eastern Europe before World War II, viewing it as a mark of linguistic authenticity. As a language of daily li...

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forward.com /1 month ago

VIDEO: A creative way to make Yiddish come alive in the classroom

לעסלי טערנער, אַ גראַדויִר־סטודענטקע אין פּראָפֿ׳ אַנאַ שטערנשיסעס קלאַס בײַם טאָראָנטאָ־אוניווערסיטעט, האַלט בײַם פֿאַרענדיקן אַ מאַגיסטער אין ייִדיש־לימודים. זי האַלט, אַז זי — א...

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forward.com /1 month ago

VIDEO: ’Love was there too:’ A Yom Hashoah commemoration in Yiddish

די פֿאַרגאַנגענע וואָך האָט דער „ייִדישפּיל“־טעאַטער אין תּל־אָבֿיבֿ אַרויסגעשטעלט אַ ווידעאָ פֿון אַ „יום־השואה“־אַקאַדעמיע וואָס די טרופּע האָט דורכגעפֿירט אין 2022. די טעמע פֿון...

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forward.com /1 month ago

A farewell to Hampshire College, site of my Yiddish awakening

Zay gezunt Hampshire College. That’s where as an undergrad student worker, I first studied Yiddish at the OG Yiddish Book Center of Amherst, Massachusetts, down the road from the g...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Forverts podcast episode 12: Languages

דער פֿאָרווערטס האָט שוין אַרויסגעלאָזט דעם צוועלעפֿטן קאַפּיטל פֿונעם ייִדישן פּאָדקאַסט, Yiddish With Rukhl. דאָס מאָל איז די טעמע „שפּראַכן“. דאָ וועט איר הערן צוויי אַרטיקלען....

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kveller.com /3 weeks ago

Jamie Lee Curtis Just Used the Best Yiddish Word

TV and movie star extraordinaire Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Jewish singer Tony Curtis, is very much in touch with her Jewish heritage. It’s hard to forget how she burst into...

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forward.com /2 days ago

How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line 

In the most recent episode of HBO Max’s critically acclaimed comedy-drama Hacks, Robbie Hoffman, who plays Randi, an ex-Hasidic assistant to agents who represent stand-up comedian...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Nearly forbidden: Street signs in an ‘unwanted’ language

דער קינסטלער שעבעשטיען פֿיומײ איז, אײן זוניקן טאָג אין פֿרילינג 2021, געשטיגן אױף אַ לײטער און אױפֿגעהאָנגען אַ װײַסן גאַסנשילד מיט ייִדישע אותיות׃ „גרענאַדיערשטראַסע“. װען נישט דע...

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forward.com /1 day ago

Yiddish Glory resounds in China and Korea

די שאַפֿער פֿונעם מוזיקאַלישן פּראָיעקט „ייִדיש גלאָרי‟ — דער מוזיקער פּסוי קאָראָלענקאָ און די ייִדיש־פֿאָרשערין אַנאַ שטערנשיס — האָבן לעצטנס זיך אומגעקערט פֿון זייערע ערשטע אַזי...

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forward.com /2 weeks ago

1912 Yiddish operetta tackles class conflict and women’s rights 

One of the smash hits of New York’s thriving Yiddish theater scene in the early 20th century grappled with socio-political issues that still resonate 100-plus years later. It’s com...

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forward.com /4 weeks ago

Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization?

This is a revised translated version of the original article in Yiddish which you can read here. One sunny day in spring 2021, without asking permission, artist Sebestyén Fiumei cl...

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jta.org /1 month ago

Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here’s why.

Pinchas Cohen is the Jewish USC researcher behind discoveries like SHLP ("schlep"), SHMOOSE and MENTSH. -- The post Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here’s why. appeared fi...

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forward.com /1 month ago

How young people once used Yiddish personal ads to find a partner

In today’s hyper-connected world, the quest for a partner often begins with a swipe or a click. But a century ago, our great-grandparents began their search differently. While a sh...

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forward.com /3 days ago

Why children in Rio de Janeiro are singing in Yiddish

By the time the children began singing in Yiddish on their own at a playground in Rio de Janeiro, Sonia Kramer realized something important had changed. The songs were not part of...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Authentic Hasidic tales, translated into Polish

פֿאַר חסידישע מעשׂיות איז שטענדיק פֿאַראַן אַן עולם. אָט, אַ שטײגער, װעט באַלד אַרױס אַ נײַע דײַטשישע איבערזעצונג פֿון דעם פּױלישן שרײַבער סטאַניסלאַװ װינצענטס בעל־שם־טובֿ־לעגענדעס....

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forward.com /1 week ago

Jews used to conjure spirits and snakes in Belarusian

דעם 26סטן מײַ עפֿנט זיך אין ייִוואָ די אויסשטעלונג „ייִדן זענען מאַגיע‟ וועגן דעם ייִדישן אָקולטיזם. נישט לאַנג צוריק האָב איך אָנגעזאַמלט אַן אייגענעם מין ווירטועלע „אויסשטעלונג‟...

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forward.com /3 weeks ago

A folksy approach to this year’s Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam

דעם 21סטן אַפּריל איז פֿאָרגעקומען דער יערלעכער אַמסטערדאַמער ייִדיש־סימפּאָזיום, נאָר דאָס יאָר איז עפּעס ניט געװען װי געװײנטלעך. איז מה נשתּנה, מיט װאָס איז דער הײַיאָריקער סימפּא...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Tidbits: Traces of a ghetto bunker uncovered in Będzin, Poland

Tidbits is a Forverts feature of easy news briefs in Yiddish that you can listen to or read, or both! If you read the article and don’t know a word, just click on it and the transl...

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forward.com /3 weeks ago

Tidbits: An inheritance of 200 pieces of Judaica finds a home

Tidbits is a Forverts feature of easy news briefs in Yiddish that you can listen to or read, or both! If you read the article and don’t know a word, just click on it and the transl...

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forward.com /1 day ago

Podcast: A lively conversation in Yiddish with actress Lea Koenig

ס׳איז לעצטנס אַרויס אַ פּאָדקאַסט מיט דער באַליבטער אַקטריסע אין ישׂראל, ליאַ קעניג, וועלכע איז הײַנט צום בעסטן באַקאַנט ווי די ייִדיש־רעדנדיקע באָבע פֿונעם פּערסאָנאַזש שלום שטיסל...

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forward.com /1 week ago

A Yiddish lecture in Munich by literature scholar Nathan Cohen

דעם 17טן יוני וועט נתן כּהן, אַן אָנגעזעענער פֿאָרשער פֿון דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור בײַם בר־אילן אוניווערסיטעט, האַלטן אַ רעפֿעראַט אויף ייִדיש בײַם אוניווערסיטעט אויפֿן נאָמען פֿון...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Many peptides sound like Yiddish words. Here’s why.

(JTA) — A growing number of Americans are injecting themselves with peptides they ordered online, often with no idea what’s in the vial, hoping to cure ailments and reverse aging....

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