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Why Non-Jewish Nurses Studied Yiddish in 1930s Detroit

No one blinks an eye at an American studying French, or a Frenchman studying Spanish. Non-Jews studying Yiddish, on the other hand, have always attracted a lot of attention. Maybe it has something to do with the endeavor not exactly smacking of practicality. But for a group of nurses in 1930s Detroit, studying Yiddish was […]

NYC’s Bygone Era of Jewish Romanian Steakhouses

These days people in search of a nice kosher meal wind up at a kosher version of anything from Japanese to French to good old Chinese. But if you were around New York City in the first half of the twentieth century, you might have found yourself at a Jewish Romanian Steakhouse sitting down for a […]