Yiddish Column – The American Israelite Newspaper

Yiddish as a perfect medium for autumnal musings

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

Well, here I was in “yánuar” (January), firmly embarked on the new year, only to

I recently had the unfortunate privilege of being on a panel to discuss the history