Williamsburg i Brooklyn är ett av världens största ortodoxa judiska områden. Miriam och Tomas träffar Frida som växte upp här och följer med på en rundtur genom kvarteren. Det är fredag och när solen ...

A rag-tag group of younger adults has rediscovered the West Germanic language and culture for heritage and politics.

Sarah Biskowitz and Ruby Zuckerman joined The Shmooze to talk about the Great Jewish Books Summer Program. Sarah and Ruby, alums of the program, are back at the Yiddish Book Center as RAs for this yea...

Join us in celebrating In geveb’s 10 year anniversary and help us launch our second decade with a donation to this campaign in honor of four people who have played key roles in making In geveb what it...

Sefardi Jewish culture boasts beautiful music, delicious food, and a fascinating language, Judeo-Spanish (also known as Ladino). Unfortunately, in the US, mainstream Jewish communities often erase …

Farbindungen 2025 was a celebration of Yiddish in all its messy, defiant, and ever-evolving forms.

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Yiddish is a language and culture that constantly seems under threat of “dying.” However, in the words of Nobel Prize winning Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer: “In Jewish history, between dying an...

אַ העלפֿט פֿון די בערך 7,000 שפּראַכן אױף דער ערד זענען אין אַ סכּנה — צוליב אָן אַ שיִער היסטאָרישע אַנטװיקלונגען, בפֿרט קאָלאָניאַליזם, נאַציאָנאַליזם, גענאָציד און גלאָבאַליזאַציע. דערבײַ װאַקסן דא...

In nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Eastern Europe, Jewish women served their communities as spiritual leaders and paid religious functionaries. The main women’s leadership roles documented in ...

When children of the shtetl began their study of Jewish text, the teacher would put honey on the page to show them the sweetness of Jewish learning. Likewise, this class series will explore ...

This interactive presentation will explore the nearly forgotten folk rituals, holy texts, and religious leadership roles of Yiddish-speaking women and gender-expansive people. We will address Hasidism...