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Yiddish

Samantha Zerin struggled with her gender for years before coming out as transgender. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Zerin)
Posted inU.S.

Becoming a rebbetzin: What it’s like to come out as transgender when you’re married to the rabbi

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
San Francisco Yiddish Combo members (from left) Alex Farrell, Rebecca Roudman, Jason Eckl, Laura Benson and Josh Mellinger. (JASON ECKL)
Posted inPassover

Yiddish Combo will stream one-song mini-concerts every night during Passover

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
Part of the Yiddish alphabet. (Flickr-Paul Dooley CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Using this Yiddish word is an art that anyone can master

by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg February 12, 2020
Gale Kissin (Jo Ann Smith)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: A Yiddish-speaking gumshoe with a tapping toe

by Liz Harris December 5, 2019
From left: Rich Rumelt, the board president of The Workers Circle; Ann Toback, the group's executive director; Seth Rogen; and Mark Rogen at the organization's ceremony in New York City, Dec. 2, 2019. (JTA/Mark Stephen Kornbluth)
Posted inTV & Film

Seth Rogen and father honored for contributions to Jewish and Yiddish culture

by JTA December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Harold Bloom spoke with the Yiddish Book Center weeks before his death. (Photo/Yiddish Book Center)
Posted inBooks

Harold Bloom dreamed in Yiddish

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA October 17, 2019
Armenian singer Hasmik Harutyunyan will perform at the Sonoma State University Jewish Music Series. (Photo/Courtesy Brian Wilson)
Posted inCulture

Armenian, Yiddish, and silent film at Sonoma Jewish Music Series

by Gabriel Greschler August 28, 2019
Tova Ricardo was J.'s 2019 summer intern. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inFirst Person

Wandering in translation, learning to speak the language of my people

Tova Ricardo by Tova Ricardo August 12, 2019
Detail from the cover of "Bombay Brides," a short story collection by Esther David
Posted inOff the Shelf

New short story collections are dispatches from outposts of Jewish life

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 22, 2019July 25, 2019
Marchers holding Jewish pride flags debate with marshals of the 2019 DC Dyke March. The marchers were allowed in after being blocked. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inLetters

Anti-Zionism on the left; anti-Zionism on the left; Yiddish is great

by J. Readers June 27, 2019

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