Shtetl
A not so dead language: Olga Miekeszczuk performs Yiddish concert in Jerusalem - review
Mieleszczuk’s performance added to the idea that Yiddish is still a living and breathing language.
Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist, dies at 102
A Yiddish treasure with a soap opera backstory
Remembering the destroyed shtetls
A movie about how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ became a movie
“Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen,” tells the story of how the stage musical became a beloved screen classic, a unique backstage look at the musical success.
Acre-sized shtetl for Ukrainian WWII film to become a museum
The set has attracted attention in Ukrainian because of the attempt to recreate an institution that had existed for centuries in Eastern Europe. Only remnants of shtetls can be seen now.
Shtetl mystery ‘The Slaughterman’s Daughter’ wins top UK Jewish book prize
The book's protagonist, Fanny Keismann, a ritual slaughterer-turned-housewife to cheesemaker, sets out to track down a missing relative.
Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’ wins best fiction from Assoc. of Jewish Libraries
Gross, who will receive a $1,000 cash prize, told Alma that the insulated lives of the people of Kreskol were in part drawn from the enclosed non-Lubavitch Hasidic communities he’s encountered.
Beit Hillel returns to its roots with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ production
Inspired by Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye and His Daughters, the story relates a gripping tale of life in a small Russian shtetl in the early 1900s.
Book review: The destruction of the shtetl
Grigory Kanovich’s latest novel tells of the dramatic and heartbreaking fate of a Lithuanian town called Mishkine.
The terror of being a Jew in a shtetl
The Golem’ brings a legend back to life. THE GOLEM With Hani Furstenberg and Ishai Golan. 95 minutes. Hebrew title: Hagolem. 95 minutes. In English.
Lost Shtetl Museum breaks ground in moving ceremony
Lithuanian president: The museum will bring back the names and faces of many families, friends and neighbors
Safed, spiritualité et musique
La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer
