Rukhl Schaechter is the Yiddish editor of the Forward and the producer of the YouTube series, “Yiddish Word of the Day.” She loves cooking, Israeli folk-dancing and talking to her grandchildren.
Rukhl SchaechterYiddish/Forverts Editor
By Rukhl Schaechter
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Yiddish World Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal
Playwright Mikhl Yashinsky proves you don’t need a Yiddish-speaking milieu to create high-quality works of drama in the language
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Yiddish World Hear the traces of American folk music in this new Hasidic song
Singer-songwriter Motty Ilowitz has never shied away from composing songs that don’t fit the Haredi mold
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Yiddish World Zelda Kahan Newman, translator of Yiddish women’s poetry, has died
In addition to her books on renowned women poets, she wrote linguistic papers on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish
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Yiddish World VIDEO: This Yiddish Hanukkah song ponders the meaning of the candles
The narrator of the song contrasts the miracle of the oil with the suffering of the Jews under the Russian Czar
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Yiddish World New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
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Yiddish World Barbra Streisand’s mom believed this Jewish drink would improve her daughter’s voice
Here we show you how to make the eggnog-like Jewish home remedy called a "gogl-mogl"
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Yiddish World Video: Israeli soldier speaking Hasidic Yiddish reassures American Jews
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, about 2,000 Haredi men have volunteered to serve in the Israel Defense Forces
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Yiddish World Meet the upbeat Yiddish-chatting Israeli soldier, Yonatan
Yonatan Alman shares Yiddish videos of his experiences on Israel's northern front, even one demonstrating how to load ammunition.
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