Video: Gaza hostage’s bubbe has schnitzel waiting for him in the freezer
Zili Wenkert, whose grandson was abducted on Oct. 7, shares his favorite schnitzel recipe
Yiddish World
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Why is Ken Burns so negative about Yiddish?
The “Yiddish is dying” claim reduces its speakers to “nonpersons” without a place in the popular discourse
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Opera brings to life the poignant fate of the Great Yiddish Dictionary
Linguist Yudel Mark aimed to include every single word of the Yiddish language
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A high-quality Soviet Yiddish literary magazine is being digitized
The online issues of "Sovetish Heymland" will be a great resource for scholars and ordinary readers of post-war Yiddish literature
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A Yiddish word I never expected to see on a license plate
For secular Jewish socialists in prewar Poland, 'doikayt' wasn't just a word, but a bold political statement
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Rise in anti-Zionism forces journalist to rethink his leftist Jewish identity
Michael Gawenda’s autobiography is a useful guide on how to navigate difficult conversations about Israel and Zionism
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Video: For Yom Hashoah, watch this inspiring program honoring the Warsaw Ghetto fighters
The event featured a talk by Julia Mintz, whose directing has focused on narratives of resistance against unimaginable odds
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How Jewish refugees managed, against all odds, to make a Seder in 1941 in Kobe, Japan
In her diary, the actress Shoshana Kahan described how difficult it was to find eggs to make the matzah balls
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Preeminent Yiddish literature prize is open for submissions
Recent winners include Michoel Felsenbaum and Boris Sandler
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An Ashkenazi delicacy made of fish sperm
It was popular not just with Jews, but with Poles who ate it for the meatless Christmas Eve meal
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VIDEO: Violinist Itzhak Perlman tells us his favorite Passover recipes. Then see us make them.
The virtuoso took some time out of his busy teaching schedule to share childhood memories of his mother's cooking
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