Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in…
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yiddish language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Europe and still spoken by many Hasidic Jews today.
For more stories on Yiddishkeit, see Forverts in English, and for stories written in Yiddish, see Forverts.
Manuscripts and arrangements of music performed on Yiddish radio station WEVD sat in a basement for 40 years
The one-woman show is a funny, poignant account of the performer’s transition
As a second-generation Bundist, I find the theater collective GLYK’s pro-Palestinian alignment misguided
The opposing perspectives of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Yiddish fans has triggered anxiety and vehement arguments
In an election year, a Yiddish word teaches us how to separate the competent from the incompetent
A Jewish woman recalls what happened during a sleepover with older relatives during her childhood
He was elected after being called a ‘putzhead.’ Now the head of the Jewish GOP is calling him a schmuck
3 city children reveal what they discovered in the countryside and how they felt about being there
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