Yiddish

Does Wordle have you ‘farblundget’? Try these Hebrew and Yiddish versions.

Their creators had to solve a few problems unique to those languages.

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From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive

A free online program from Oxford University goes way beyond Yiddish and Ladino.

The classic Jewish film ‘Hester Street’ gets a new life in 2021

The debut film from Joan Micklin Silver, best known for her rom-com “Crossing Delancey,” has been given a 4K restoration.

Culture

The New York Times called Isaac Bashevis Singer a Polish writer. Here’s how Wikipedia warriors made him Jewish again.

Ideas

Yiddish writers knew from pogroms. Here’s what they can teach us about Tulsa and beyond.

Lifestyle

How Duolingo created a Yiddish course with a secular scholar and Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn

Ideas

This deadly tragedy at a Yiddish performance is the reason it’s illegal to yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater

Culture

‘Jeopardy!’ just had a Yiddish category with words like ‘schlep’ and ‘nosh’

United States

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

Culture

‘It’s a call to action’: A Yiddish theater company puts on a Sinclair Lewis play that imagines US falling into authoritarianism

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