The Yiddish Orthographic Conference which is now in session in Vilna under the auspices of the Yiddish Scientific Institute, has after a heated debate decided by 26 votes against 21 for changing the ...

Men of Letters Gather at ‘Day’ Celebration; Dr. Judah L. Magnes Defines Tasks of New Department The establishment of a chair for the study of the Yiddish language and literature at the Hebrew ...

“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis H. Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...

COPAKE, New York (Reuters) - Hebrew is the language of the state of Israel and the Bible, but a growing number of Jews around the world are reclaiming Yiddish as the language of their culture, ...

(JTA) – There’s a good chance that when you logged on to Twitter today, you were met with tweets showing off grids of yellow, green and black squares. There’s also a good chance that you posted a ...

Born to a Christian mother, Rabbi Cody Bahir had a remarkable journey to the rabbinate that included receiving a post-doc in ...

Yiddish — the language and culture — is part of the modern Jewish story, says chief curator David Mazower. And without it, ‘you don’t have the full story.’ What do a leather medicine ball, a steamer ...

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik has gone viral after sharing the real meaning behind well-known Yiddish words. Bialik, 47, who comes from a family of Jewish immigrants has been speaking Yiddish since she ...

Kvetch. Mensch. Mazel tov. Schmooze. Colorful Yiddish words and phrases have been in America’s collective cultural bloodstream throughout generations — and many more might soon follow. Duolingo, the ...

Linda Wertz says she had a typical Jewish family upbringing as a child in New York City. “My parents only spoke Yiddish when they didn’t want us kids to know what they were talking about,” she said ...