Yiddish

From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive

A free online program from Oxford University goes way beyond Yiddish and Ladino.

The classic Jewish film ‘Hester Street’ gets a new life in 2021

The debut film from Joan Micklin Silver, best known for her rom-com “Crossing Delancey,” has been given a 4K restoration.

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

The fight over Singer’s identity offers lessons on the pitfalls of decentralized knowledge in the era of disinformation, with some possible insights about Polish ultranationalism.

Ideas

Yiddish writers knew from pogroms. Here’s what they can teach us about Tulsa and beyond.

Lifestyle

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

Ideas

This deadly tragedy at a Yiddish performance is the reason it’s illegal to yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater

Culture

‘Jeopardy!’ just had a Yiddish category with words like ‘schlep’ and ‘nosh’

United States

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

Culture

‘It’s a call to action’: A Yiddish theater company puts on a Sinclair Lewis play that imagines US falling into authoritarianism

Culture

These 10 Yiddish words will get you through quarantine

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