Yiddish
Israel urges rabbis to help stop Iranian spy recruitment after dozens of indictments - report
Iranian agents use a simple recruitment method, relying on "fishing expeditions and luck," gradually escalating their demands in exchange for "easy" money.
Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia
America did not begin in a single language - opinion
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close
Yiddish theater category on ‘Jeopardy!’ makes one contestant a rich(er) man
This week, the contestants are all college professors as part of the show’s first-ever professors tournament, and the host is Mayim Bialik.
Sweden’s national theater stages its first ever Yiddish production
The performances marked its debut in Sweden, and the first time ever that a play in Yiddish was staged at Sweden’s national theater company — the only home that its local backers considered.
French Jewish artist Chaim Soutine rediscovered in suitcase trove of letters
The forgotten legacy of Henri Serouya, historian, intellectual, philosopher, author of many acclaimed books and learned articles, all in French was found by the author in a suitcase in a basement.
Painted Jewish time machines: New exhibition challenges multi-cultural norms
The exhibition has a work that presents a powerful vision of Hell, but it may leave the viewers alone when they wonder what moral responsibilities they have now, having witnessed it?
Why do people love dead Jews?
Novelist and academic Dara Horn's new book gets to the core question underlying every antisemitic act: For many gentiles “Jews were people who were supposed to be dead."
Forgotten novel by Sholom Aleichem published in English for first time
Sholom Aleichem, the pen name of Shalom Rabinowitz (1859-1916), was a masterful storyteller whose keen eye, wit and humor earned him the reputation as the Jewish Mark Twain.
Grapevine October 3, 2021: October 6 – a significant date
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Ruth Wisse on the miracle of modern Jewish history
The iconic Yiddish literature expert talks about her latest translation, her upcoming memoir, and the enduring success of Yiddish literature.
Jewish South African history and legacy explored in new documentary
A new documentary Johanessburg-based producer Mark Wade 'Legends & Legacies: A Story of a Community' examines South African Jews' trials, tribulations and triumps.
Legends & Legacies: Exploring the history of South African Jews on TV
The television series launched on July 11, 2021 as an online charity premiere for the Union of Jewish Women, which my late mother, Roseve (Saacks) Linde, once headed.
