Yiddish

Young Israelis turning to Yiddish in search for roots

Lacking the emotional baggage about Yiddish carried by their grandparents, who shunned the mother tongue as a reminder of the ghettos they had left behind in Europe, young Israelis are turning to the language as a point of connection with their Jewish roots.

At Limmud in Siberia, some unique challenges

The patchwork knowledge and observance of Jewish traditions that defines Russia’s largely assimilated Jewish community holds even in the strange and unique place that is Russia’s Jewish Autonomous District.

Zeide wasn’t meshuga — family has Sephardic genes

Social worker Judy Simon helped launch a growing genealogical trend when she used DNA testing to help prove her Latvian grandfather’s claim that the family were Sephardic Jews.

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