Yiddish Column – The American Israelite Newspaper

Yiddish ways to discuss the divine

I’m not one given to thinking much about God, nor am I one of those

At the risk of trying your patience with two columns in a row of poetry,

The angle of the sunlight changes. The trees shed their leaves in profusion. The call

September has arrived and with it the start of new semesters everywhere. School and scholarship

Thank you for your forbearance during last month’s hiatus. I’m back now and we’re off

Here in Cincinnati, we love our books. As a librarian, this makes Cincinnati a wonderful

A propos to nothing in particular, I was thinking recently about the names of the

The Passover season is once again upon us. Spring is in the air, the dawn

The other day I was reading Lucretius (which we should all get in the habit

Ensconced in winter, I tend to brood. I may self-aggrandize and call it “filosófye.” But