Ideas Audiences loved ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish, but Yiddish itself still gets no love Without even knowing it, we’ve all absorbed a set of intensely negative beliefs about Yiddish, and one successful show hasn’t changed that. By Rokhl Kafrissen January 6, 2020 3:08 pm
How poetry literally saved the life of a famed Yiddish writer Avraham Sutzkever’s astonishing life story is being told on film for the first time in an award-winning documentary co-produced by his granddaughter. July 24, 2019 5:16 pm
This Yiddish word kicked off the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals A California seventh-grader aced “Yiddishkeit” and later the Hebrew word “keriah” on the way to being named one of eight co-champions. June 5, 2019 12:39 pm from Kveller This link opens in a new window
A New York City Council member wants Yiddish taught in a public school By Marcy Oster April 15, 2019 2:16 pm
What I wish people knew about Yiddishists By Rokhl Kafrissen April 3, 2019 5:13 pm from Hey Alma This link opens in a new window
How ‘Broad City’ redefined American Jewish identity By Elana Spivack January 23, 2019 5:04 pm from Hey Alma This link opens in a new window
Editor's Column Ideas My day job is translating from Jewish to English. Gevalt! By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2018 5:19 pm
An Afro-Cuban-Yiddish opera tells the story of a Jewish refugee By Josefin Dolsten September 17, 2018 4:28 pm