Zach Golden is Deputy Yiddish Editor. He is also a co-founder and rabbi of the synagogue and cultural center Der Nister in Los Angeles. He can be reached at golden@forward.com.
Zach GoldenDeputy Yiddish Editor
By Zach Golden
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Yiddish World Queer Yiddish Camp, a new alternative to summer Yiddish intensives
In the last few years, the Yiddish world has seen initiatives like Yiddish Duolingo, Yiddish Harry Potter and Yiddish TikTok attract new generations of Yiddishists. Starting in May, an online summer Yiddish intensive called Queer Yiddish Camp joins this new wave. Summer Yiddish intensives, like those run by YIVO and the Yiddish Book Center, hold…
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News ‘Purim Katan’ was a month ago. Why it’s OK if you didn’t notice.
Jews around the world will celebrate Purim, which begins on Wednesday evening. But another Purim — “Purim Katan,” or Little Purim — began on the evening of Feb. 14. Purim Katan is the only Jewish holiday that doesn’t show up every year and often passes unnoticed. This curiosity of the Jewish calendar demands some explanation….
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Fast Forward They were trapped in Kharkiv. Jewish group chats showed a way out.
In the early days of the Russian invasion, Kharkiv native Oleg Kosariev, who now lives in Israel, lost touch with his mother and stepfather, who had no electricity and had taken shelter in a basement of their home in the Ukrainian city. He would have to wait until he could communicate with them again, but…
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Yiddish World How a Yiddish folksong appeared on a 1967 American pop album
At the height of his success in 1967, Jay Black, lead singer of the pop band, Jay and the Americans, recorded a popular Yiddish folk song and managed to convince his record label, United Artists, to include it on the B-side of their album, “Try Some of This!” The story, first published by the Forward…
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News Cameron Bernstein: TikTok Yiddishist
This is one of seven profiles of American Jews who fascinated us in 2021. Click here to see all seven and read an explanation of our Forward Shortlist. Yiddish is having a moment on social media, thanks in good part to Cameron Bernstein. Bernstein, 23, had her first encounter with the language during her senior…
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