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  • How Yiddish compresses whole stories into one word
  • Exhibition: Jiddisch/ייִדיש – Von den Anfängen bis zum Buchdruck.
  • ‘The Yiddish Teacher’ (Poem)

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forward.com /1 month ago

How Yiddish compresses whole stories into one word

As a kid, I had no idea schmuck wasn’t an English word. In 1985, my fourth-grade Cheder class in Los Angeles was assigned to write a short story about a time we felt embarrassed. I...

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mjsnow.hypotheses.org /1 month ago

Exhibition: Jiddisch/ייִדיש – Von den Anfängen bis zum Buchdruck.

21 July – 13 September 2026, Erfurt Small Synagogue Yiddish is primarily a language spoken and written by Jews in German-speaking regions. In its earliest stages, the language deve...

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forward.com /1 month ago

‘The Yiddish Teacher’ (Poem)

One thing about the late Forverts staff writer and critic Miriam Hoffman — she cooked a heavenly eggplant in tomato sauce. And why do I know this about one of our writers? Hoffman,...

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forward.com /1 month ago

What sort of Yiddish do Yiddishists speak today?

Ask the question: “What sort of Yiddish do Yiddishists speak?” and a jokester might respond: “Well, these days they speak English.” But let’s consider the Yiddishists who really do...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Looking for the right Yiddish word? This 1950 reference book finds it for you

As more people explore Yiddish, a thick 1950 book I discovered on a beloved friend’s shelf can help anyone find the exact right word for any situation. Der Oytser fun der Yidisher...

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forward.com /1 month ago

What sort of Yiddish do today’s Yiddishists speak?

פֿון לייזער בורקאָ ווען מע וואָלט הײַנט געשטעלט די שאלה, „וואָס פֿאַר אַ ייִדיש רעדן די ייִדישיסטן?“ וואָלט אַ לץ מסתּמא געענטפֿערט: הײַנט רעדן זיי ענגליש. אָבער לאָמיר נישט מאַכן...

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forward.com /1 month ago

WATCH: Yiddish and German — old relatives, new neighbors

במשך פֿון הונדערטער יאָרן איז מיזרח־אייראָפּע געווען דער צענטער פֿון ייִדיש־לעבן. הײַנט, נאָך דעם חורבן, האָט זיך די מאַפּע אַריבערגערוקט: אַחוץ ענגלאַנד, קלינגט ייִדיש הײַנט בעיקר...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Experimenting with translation on today’s Yiddish stage

„פֿרײַנד און פֿײַנט, ברוכים הבאים! זײַט באַגריסט צו דער װעלט־באַרימטער װעלט־מײַסטערשאַפֿט פֿון ייִדישע קללות!“ אַזוי רעוועט אויף דער בינע אַן אָנזאָגערין (געשפּילט פֿון װיװי לאַקס)...

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forward.com /4 days ago

‘New year, play a happy tune’

צום נײַעם יאָר שיקן מיר אַ באַגריסונג צו די לייענער מיט אַ וווּנטש זיי זאָלן זיך אויסבעטן אַ גוט־יאָר — אַ יאָר פֿון גליק, געזונט, מזל און שלום. זאָל דעם ייִדישן פֿאָלק באַשערט זײַ...

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forward.com /1 day ago

Tidbits: New German textbooks about the Jewish religion

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 month ago

Diary of a Jewish ghetto refugee, written in a pigsty

אין דער װעלט פֿון ייִדיש איז בערל כּהנס נאָמען גוט באַקאַנט צוליב זײַנע היסטאָרישע און ביבליאָגראַפֿישע שטודיעס, צװישן זײ — דער צוגאָב־באַנד צו דעם „לעקסיקאָן פֿון דער נײַער ייִדיש...

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baptistnews.com /6 days ago

Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico to the U...

I grew up in Mexico City, and when people find out that one of my native languages is Yiddish, they think I am pulling their leg. Isn’t that a Jewish language? Mexico? Impossible....

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forward.com /1 week ago

In the Southwest, public libraries are becoming Yiddish hubs

Think of Yiddish today and you might picture Hasidic Brooklyn, Haredi neighborhoods in Israel or scholars working to preserve a language too often falsely written off as “dead” or...

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kveller.com /6 days ago

This Yiddish Cover of Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Has a Fascinating Backstory

When singer, actor and absolute angel on earth Dolly Parton passed away last month at the age of 80, tributes poured in from, well, everyone (my personal favorite may have been thi...

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forward.com /1 month ago

I was a reluctant Yiddishist. Here’s what converted me.

I couldn’t understand my peers’ embrace of Yiddish culture. Now I’m fascinated –– by the world evoked in Yiddish music and literature, and the leaders of its revival. My conversion...

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forward.com /1 month ago

In praise of difficult languages

די גאַנצע וועלט מיינט, אַז לערנען זיך ענגליש איז גרינג ווײַל ענגליש האָט אַזוי ווינציק סופֿיקסן: כּמעט אַלע סובסטאַנטיוון פֿורעמען דעם פּלוראַל אויף -s; ווערבאַלע קאָניוגאַציעס זענ...

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forward.com /2 weeks ago

In praise of difficult languages

די גאַנצע וועלט מיינט, אַז לערנען זיך ענגליש איז גרינג ווײַל ענגליש האָט אַזוי ווינציק סופֿיקסן: כּמעט אַלע סובסטאַנטיוון פֿורעמען דעם פּלוראַל אויף -s; ווערבאַלע קאָניוגאַציעס זענ...

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forward.com /4 weeks ago

“Here I’m the boss”

צווישן די סיבות פֿאַר וואָס אַ מענטש פֿילט אַנגסט און דעפּרעסיע זענען אָפֿט מאָל אָבסעסיווע מחשבֿות. ווער עס לײַדט דערפֿון, אָדער קען עמעצן וואָס לײַדט דערפֿון, דאַרף נישט קיין סך...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Delightful recording of children’s songs by Melbourne’s Yiddish day school

די באַקאַנטע ייִדישע טאָגשול אין מעלבורן, די „שלום עליכם שול“, האָט לעצטנס לאַנצירט אַ רעקאָרדירונג קינדערלידער דורך דער דיגיטאַלישער מוזיק־פּלאַטפֿאָרם „ספּאָטיפֿײַ.“ דער אַלבום א...

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myjewishlearning.com /1 week ago

Chullin 119

Yesterday, we talked about yadayim, “handles” on food. This was the Talmud’s term for the inedible extensions of produce, like ... The post Chullin 119 appeared first on My Jewish...

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forward.com /1 week ago

The woodcutter and the water carrier in the Torah portion, Nitzavim

לעילוי נשמת מײַן באָבע מנוחה וויטקא ע״ה לזרוב, לכבֿוד איר יאָרצײַט, ט״ו אלול איינער פֿון די שטאַרקסטע קעגנער מיט וועמען אַ מענטש דאַרף זיך אויסקעמפֿן איז…זיך אַליין. די סיבה איז פּ...

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forward.com /1 month ago

Tidbits: A huge Jewish dating event through AI and Chabad

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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kveller.com /1 month ago

There’s No English Translation for This Lovely Jewish Family Concept

Editor’s note: We originally published this article in October 2022. We are republishing it in July 2026. In Jewish tradition, when two people marry, it is not only the couple that...

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myjewishlearning.com /1 month ago

Chullin 88

In the Hebrew Bible, afar — a word that alternately means dirt, dust and ashes — carries surprising emotional resonance ... The post Chullin 88 appeared first on My Jewish Learning...

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