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These senior citizens are meshuge. They tell stories and jokes in Yiddish as though it were still a living language, which to them, it still is. Yiddish, or “Jewish,” the language of Eastern European ...

Six renowned experts in Yiddish studies will discuss the future of Yiddish, followed by a klezmer concert at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan on Monday, March 31st, at 5:30 p.m. In the ...

Yiddishkait — the spirit of Yiddishness — is thriving in South Florida. At the core of this spirit is the Circle of Yiddish Clubs, an umbrella organization for more than 80 clubs nationwide that meet ...

Ever wonder what American music star Jason Derulo would sound like in Yiddish? No? Neither had we - but apparently Hassidic comedian Mendy Pellin had. "Talk Yiddish To Me (Nisht Dirty Parody)" ...

In 1979, when Henry Sapoznik founded the klezmer band Kapelye, he was among a cohort of passionate young musicians, musicologists and cultural workers who sought to reclaim Eastern European Jewish ...

As the great sage Toby Ziegler once said, “Don’t bring the Yiddish unless you know what you’re doing.” Donald Trump clearly does not. Earlier this month he was widely panned when his efforts to appeal ...

Chabad rabbi Mordechai Lightstone was pleasantly surprised to find Yiddish newspapers in the walls of his 100-year-old Brooklyn home. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Mordechai Lightstone and his wife ...

Nick Underwood, Ph.D. Candidate in History, presented the Max Weinreich Fellowship Lecture at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on March 16, 2016. Nick's paper, “Yiddish Culture and Interwar ...