The film blends archival footage, original music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to resonate today.

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The new documentary Immigrant Songs: Yiddish Theater and the American Jewish Experience, produced by the Milken Archive of ...

A group of students in Madera Unified has become the first to complete a full K-8 dual-language immersion pathway, learning ...

This Jewish proverb explains that spoken words have lasting power and cannot be reversed. It highlights the importance of ...

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When the Iowa City Yiddish Group began meeting at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was one of the absolute beginners. Six years later, I lead the enthusiastic group of some 12-15 retirees and ...

One of the most popular courses at New Lehrhaus, the Berkeley-based Jewish learning institute, uses a novel approach to understanding the Talmud: “Seinfeld.” “Whatever excites somebody’s curiosity is ...

“I want to change the way I wear my shoes,” Brooklyn-based Yiddishist and musician Ira Khonen Temple sings on the first track on their debut album, “Strange Tongue/Mistame Loshn.” “But I don’t wanna ...

Photo: Night Stories features Miryem-Khaye Seigel and Shane Baker. Photo courtesy of Jordan P. McAfee / Provided by press rep with permission. The new anthology play Night Stories adapts four stories ...

As an assistant professor of comparative literature, when I ask undergraduate students how they define “Canadian literature,” I get half-hearted answers about it encompassing anything inherently ...