I was sure the sun revolved around the Earth. That’s what they taught us in yeshiva.
To get a secular education, my grandmother had to tutor me in basic English and math
Yiddish World
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VIDEO: How to make ‘poor man’s caviar’ for National Caviar Day
This tasty dish is an eggplant spread that Jews used to spread on challah and other breads
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Zoom lecture (in Yiddish): Popular culture and language use among American Hasidim
Linguist Chaya Nove will discuss how the prolific Hasidic cultural scene is reflected in the lives of ordinary Hasidic consumers
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My embarrassing moment in a Yiddish-speaking men’s clothing store
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Yiddish radio interview with literature scholar Avraham Novershtern
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Bubbe and the pimp who lived upstairs
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