When Lasha Shakulashvili was a grad student at Tbilisi State University in 2022, he stumbled onto something unbelievable. In ...

Yad Menachem has published Umedayeik BaMaamar, a publication of Basi Legani 5725 in the Rebbe’s original Yiddish wording, which is being studied in connection with Yud Shevat this year.

The Portland Art Museum’s historic Fields Ballroom hosts the 13 th annual print fair where visitors can view and buy prints from 16 top dealers. Choose from works by Old Masters to contemporary and ...

One of the most popular courses at New Lehrhaus, the Berkeley-based Jewish learning institute, uses a novel approach to understanding the Talmud: “Seinfeld.” “Whatever excites somebody’s curiosity is ...

“I want to change the way I wear my shoes,” Brooklyn-based Yiddishist and musician Ira Khonen Temple sings on the first track on their debut album, “Strange Tongue/Mistame Loshn.” “But I don’t wanna ...

The traditional White House Hanukkah party was held last night in the presence of US President Donald Trump, with dozens of guests attending, including Holocaust survivors, leaders from the Jewish ...

On my mother’s side, they all spoke fluent Yiddish. Most of these conversations took place while eating moisture-free yellow pound cake and washing it down with warmed-up day-old Maxwell House Coffee.

(RNS) — A few days ago, I found myself watching old clips from “Saturday Night Live.” One of my favorites is Mike Myers as Linda Richman, which is apparently a loving tribute to his mother-in-law, ...

The Soraya launched its 2025–26 season this past weekend with the West Coast premiere of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, presented in a special concert staging ...

Before World War II, some 11 million people spoke Yiddish, the historic language of Ashkenazi Jews. The language nearly disappeared because of the Holocaust and assimilation, but experts are kvelling, ...