Yiddish Column – Page 2 – The American Israelite Newspaper

Bovine bon mots for the Yiddish speaker

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

Now that we are well into our reading of Genesis, and as the autumn darkness

We are all reeling. Confronted with such unthinkable things, we crave ways to ground ourselves

Once more we dive headlong into the High Holidays. But as we well know, it’s

As my children get ready to go back to school, I find myself going through

There are two primary Jewish textual wells that Yiddish culture draws on with great regularity:

I hurt my knee a while back, and it’s still bothering me. I try not