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 VIDEO: Roast lemon-garlic chicken for shabbos or anytime! (in Yiddish, with English subtitles)
I love lemon and garlic so here I demonstrate how to make an easy, foolproof roast chicken that uses both ingredients.
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Preparing Indian lemon rice in Yiddish (with English subtitles)
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath doesn't just edit Yiddish dictionaries. She's a maven in Indian cooking, too.
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Yiddish World Don’t just say you’re a secular Jew. To honor our heritage, study it.
Meet four secular Jews who are uniquely knowledgeable in the rich Yiddish cultural legacy, which includes literature, history and yes, religion.
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Yiddish World How the Forverts historically related to its women readers
Although the editors offered practical advice, their attitudes were not always as progressive as you’d expect from a socialist newspaper.
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Yiddish World Paper cuttings for Shavuos — a Jewish folk tradition
The “shvueslekh” were mounted on window panes as a way of celebrating the spring holiday.
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In honor of Yom Ha'atzmaut, learn which fruit and nut have the word Israel in them.
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Yiddish World 85% of the Jews killed in the Holocaust spoke Yiddish. Here’s how to honor them.
Many shuls and day schools commemorate Yom Hashoah, but disappointingly few include Yiddish at these events.
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