Yiddish

Grapevine June 23, 2023: New Jerusalem icon

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Glasgow's Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts down after alleging antisemitism from 'leftists'

The cafe said in a statement published on its website that members of its collective were suffering from “burnout” due to the stresses of “struggling under capitalism and kyriarchy."

By JACOB JUDAH/JTA
21/06/2023

The last Yiddish artist: Work of Anatoly Kaplan on display in Jerusalem

Who was Anatoly Kaplan and why has he been honored with this retrospective in a city he would never get to visit? 

By MORDECHAI BECK
17/06/2023

Meet Zalmen Mlotek, US Yiddish Theater artistic director

I recently interviewed Zalmen in New York about his life, upbringing and career that he has been so passionate about his whole life.

By JOSEPH SCUTTS
20/05/2023

Grapevine May 3, 2023: A different aspect of Liverpool

The coronation of King Charles and his Queen Consort Camilla is providing plenty of fodder for media outlets in Britain and around the world.

‘The Last Yiddish poet’ Rivka Basman Ben-Haim dies

She started writing poetry at the camp as a way of boosting her fellow inmates’ morale, and managed to smuggle some of her poems out in her mouth.

By ZELDA KAHAN NEWMAN , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
29/03/2023

My grandmother was a 'Sherlock Holmes' but couldn't solve antisemitism

Now is as welcome a time as any to celebrate Jewish life, learn a Yiddish song and discover the lessons of history along the way.

By RABBI AVRAM MLOTEK/JTA
22/03/2023

March comes in with a roar of new Yiddish music

This month a collection of new Yiddish songs will be performed for the first time in America at a Manhattan museum.

By JON KALISH/JTA
04/03/2023

Remembering family names is hard when you have so many - opinion

At the beginning, it was relatively easy. He could handle the names of his two kids, their spouses and seven grandchildren. But it all became a bit more unwieldy.

25/02/2023
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