Now that we are well into our reading of Genesis, and as the autumn darkness
Category: Yiddish Column
Yiddish poetry for harrowing times
We are all reeling. Confronted with such unthinkable things, we crave ways to ground ourselves
A Yiddish look at sin
Once more we dive headlong into the High Holidays. But as we well know, it’s
A child’s 1928 Yiddish poem shows the timeless importance of education and labor rights
As my children get ready to go back to school, I find myself going through
Linguistic Borrowings in the Yiddish Language
There are two primary Jewish textual wells that Yiddish culture draws on with great regularity:
The Body in Yiddish
I hurt my knee a while back, and it’s still bothering me. I try not
The many Yiddish terms for rabbits, hares, and bunnies . . .oh my!
It’s that time of year again: “Páskhe” (Easter). Or as some wag once called it,