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Yiddish

(From left) Matthew Stein and Dmitri Gaskin of Baymele, a klezmer-Yiddish trio, at a recent performance (Photo/Ryan Gourley)
Posted inMusic

Jewish Folk Chorus celebrates Yiddish music — and Yiddish values

by Andrew Muchin June 18, 2019June 18, 2019
Rishik Gandhasri of San Jose aced two Jewish terms — yiddishkeit and keriah — in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Posted inJewish Life

This San Jose 7th-grader won the National Spelling Bee with Yiddish and Hebrew

Lior Zaltzman by JTA and Lior Zaltzman May 31, 2019June 3, 2019
three dogs roll around in the grass playing
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Jews don’t own dogs? Says who?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz May 1, 2019May 3, 2019
two black patches with gold wording — one patch in english, one patch in yiddish
Posted inLocal Voice

We will outlive them. But how?

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler May 1, 2019May 15, 2019
Has the Hebrew word “goy” become a slur?
Posted inAnalysis, Opinion

Is ‘goy’ a slur?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 25, 2019
Jacob Dinezon’s dramatic Yiddish romance novel “The Dark Young Man” was a surprise success in 1877. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Storyteller Press)
Posted inBooks

Now in English: This Yiddish romance novel was the surprise hit of 1877

by Penny Schwartz and JTA April 8, 2019
(Photo/maxpixel.com CC0)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

F-bombs have nothing on proper Yiddish cursing

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 28, 2019February 28, 2019
Opera singer and Yiddish song interpreter Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will join the band Veretski Pass for the opening concert of the JCC East Bay winter/spring music series on Feb. 21. (Photo/Clara Rice Photography)
Posted inMusic

A harmonious marriage of Negro spirituals and Yiddish song

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 14, 2019
Newsboys for the Forward wait for their copies in the early morning hours, March 1913. (Photo/Wikimedia-Lewis Hine)
Posted inOpinion

The Forward’s woes deal the Jewish world a blow to the kishkes

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 21, 2019
Russian-American singer-songwriter Psoy Korolenko on stage with the band (Photo/Roman Boldyrev, r-lerman.ca)
Posted inMusic

S.F.-produced ‘Yiddish Glory’ goes to the Grammys

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 16, 2019January 17, 2019

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