What most Americans know of Yiddish is some strange sounding words (schnorer, tchatchke, fresser), and concepts like maven (expert), chutzpah (nerve), and kibitz (to look on and offer unwarranted ...

AMHERST--Interest in Yiddish is "growing by leaps and bounds," says the president of The Yiddish Book Center. "Just as we pioneered new technology to save Yiddish books and made them accessible to all ...

Richmond Yiddish Week runs Saturday, Jan. 10, through Friday, Jan. 16, with one event each day highlighting the historic ...

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(RNS) — The grounds of the Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp in Copake, New York, were alive in mid-August with a gaggle of nearly 100 campers, young and old. Like at many camps in upstate New York, they ...

The Yiddish ballad “A brivele der mamen” dates to more than a century ago, written during a time of uncertainty for many Jewish families who became separated; while some braved the journey to Ellis ...

The Duolingo learning app on Tuesday is adding a new language to its offerings: Yiddish. It's the 40th language to be added to the app — and one that builds on efforts to include languages that are ...

While there’s never been a Yiddish festival in Richmond — or even Virginia — there’s a growing international movement of people like Shokin and Kraft (Yiddishists) who are committed to the study and ...