Yiddish in israel

Worlds of Jewish music and thought

A Polish-born singer brings a taste of the shtetl to Jerusalem.

 OLGA AVIGAIL Mieleszczuk spreads the Yiddish musical word far and wide.
 ‘STEMPENYU’ DEPICTS scenes from a Torah-oriented life.

Pulling Jewish strings: 'Stempenyu' debuts at Tel Aviv's Beit Lessin Theatre

 Shmulik Atzmon

Shmulik Atzmon is helping keep Yiddish alive, will work till age 100

Passover seder settings at the David Citadel Hotel.

Di Fir Kashes? National Yiddish Theatre to co-present 'Third Seder' for Passover


Yiddishpiel musical comedy proves to be new outlet for actor Dubi Gal

Gal said that it was a joy to return to his roots – “not to mamaloshen but to Bobba loshen.”

Yiddishspiel’s (Tel Aviv Yiddish theater) production of ‘Gypsy Soul’

All musical on the western Yiddish front

‘The Book of the Rejoicing Soul’ inspires the eclectic Di Tsaytmashin (Time Machine) project.

ALEKSANDER FISZ (front, with megaphone): ‘There isn’t anything like this fusion of Yiddish and Baroque music.’

Nostalgia in Yiddish theater

Yiddish is not dead – not even dying.

YIDDISH IS very much alive: Israel Treistman (left) with Yaakov Bodo.

Grapevine: Home and away

It's the old story of a prophet not being heard in his own city.

This depiction of President Reuven Rivlin circulated on social media

Magical realism

Yiddish author Boris Sandler’s collection of novellas is translated into English.

Author Boris Sandler ‘is skeptical of utopian projects that promise happiness by means of unburdening us from the past.’

These comedians want to bring Yiddish humor to TV

The TV show would also introduce a cast of characters from other religious and cultural backgrounds who grapple with similar questions of identity.

Jamie Elman, left, and Eli Batalion created and star in the web series “YidLife Crisis”

Grapevine: Yiddish lovers

Polina Belilovsky

Metro Grapevine: Top tips

News briefs from around the nation.

Canadian Ambassador Deborah Lyons (left) with hotel proprietor Miriam Hod-Fine in Metulla

כּוֹכָבִים תוֹעִים

New play: Wandering Stars

New play: Wandering Stars

Yiddish is alive and well in Tel Aviv

A surprising number of Jews from the FSU at least understand Yiddish even if they can’t speak it.

Tel Aviv beach

A master of disguise

Through creative and alternative methods, Yiddish is being revived and reinserted into Jewish culture.

Judit Solel: Yiddish needs to be made more relevant for young people