The book combines approximately 30 Yiddish poems of Jehoszua Kaminski, who was born in 1884, with illustrations by Urszula Palusinska, who was born a century later. Each poem is used in the book to ...

People seeking to learn Yiddish online will find that most courses meet once a week. That may be perfect for people with a busy schedule or for those who prefer a relaxed environment in which to learn ...

Yiddish enthusiasts around the world are kvelling and plotzing at the revival of their favorite language in recent popular culture. But what makes Yiddish so unique and exciting? Many people are ...

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 ...

Aleksander Astraukh, editor of a 50,000-word Belarusian-Yiddish lexicon currently on press in Minsk, Belarus, admits that his is “not a normal dictionary.” A bridge between two languages equidistant ...

A book on Yiddish published by a Polish Jewish group has won first prize at one of the world’s leading professional fairs for children’s literature. (JTA) — A book on Yiddish published by a Polish ...