Yiddish
Why Ruth Wisse matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 13, 2022
A Yiddish lesson -- from one of the greatest thought leaders of our time.
At Yiddish Week, a beloved language is as vital as ever
By David I. Klein — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — Attendees include everyone from non-Jews to secular Jews, as well as Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Jews ranging in age from infants to nearly 90.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo shuts down New York City yeshivas in virus hot spots
By Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2020
(RNS) — Both the mayor and governor are frustrated at ongoing displays of Hasidic Jews flouting mandates to socially distance and wear masks.
Uncovering ancient Ashkenaz – the birthplace of Yiddish speakers
By RNS staff — May 8, 2016
For the first time, a pioneering tool that converts genome data into ancestral coordinates, is helping to pinpoint the DNA of Yiddish speakers.
Donald Trump and ‘The Goys of Yiddish’
By David Gibson — December 24, 2015
(RNS) What’s up with the goyim -- if you want to use a possibly pejorative Yiddish term for nonmembers of the tribe -- getting Yiddish wrong so often?
African-American opera singer revives the songs of the shtetl
By Kimberly Winston — July 31, 2015
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) A 6-foot-tall African-American, Russell performs Yiddish songs from New York to Florida, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, to full houses and wide acclaim.
Once widely spoken, now mostly studied, Yiddish sees revival
By Ann Marie Somma — August 9, 2013
(RNS) While many older Americans gather to reminisce about parents and grandparents who spoke the Germanic-Hebrew language of Eastern and Central European Jews, a renewed interest in Yiddish is blooming among a younger generation of people who have no such memories.
Hartford Faith & Values Video: Keeping Yiddish alive
By Ann Marie Somma — July 24, 2013
Members of a Bloomfield, Conn., synagogue work to keep the Yiddish language alive.
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