Art as Liberation: The Mexican Muralists at the Whitney Museum
Vida Americana is an exhilarating, expansive and immensely satisfying exhibition at New York’s Whitney Museum. Like a great and varied feast, this is a show that one must take one’s time to fully appreciate...
Wikipedia in Yiddish, an invitation to participate
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Wikipedia, which in this period of time succeeded in use instead of Encyclopedia Britannica as the most consulted source.
Furthermore, Wikipedia is published in 317 languages...
Felder’s ‘Before Fiddler’ Highlights Music of Sholem Aleichem Era
Hershey Felder continues to stream one-man shows from his current residence in Florence, Italy. Among his many portrayals of famous composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikowsky and Debussy, he also featured three great Jewish...
Verter fun der Vokh – Impeachment Yet Again
article of impeachment: דער אײַ֜נשולדיק־פּאַראַגראַ֜ף, ־ן
gavel: דאָס הע֜מערל, ־עך
impeach: אײַ֜נשו֜לדיקן; אימפּי֜טשן
be impeachable: ווע֜רט זײַן אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachable offense: דער פֿאַרברע֜כן וואָס איז ווע֜רט אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachment: די אײַ֜נשולדיקונג; דער אימפּי֜טשמענט; דאָס אימפּי֜טשן
incitement of insurrection: <דאָס אוי֜פֿהעצן צו אַ...
Nine magnificent ancient mosaics of Israel
For such a small country, Israel sure boasts a huge number of ancient mosaics—some 7,000 of them, to be precise.
And those are just the ones that have been discovered and registered, with new archaeological...
The Kharkiv Yiddish literary world, 1920s‐mid‐1930s
The Kharkiv Yiddish literaryworld, 1920s ‐ mid ‐1930s
Gennady Estraikh
Associate Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hebrewand Jewish Studies
Published online: 19 Jun 2008.
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East European Jewish Affairs
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Joan-Micklin-Silver, Pioneer Female Director, Demonstrated Popularity of Jewish Film Subjects
Joan Micklin Silver (1935-2020) passed away on New Year’s Eve. She belonged to a cohort of pioneering American female directors in the 1970s, many of whom were Jewish. Whereas most of her Jewish counterparts...
Ancient burial stone bearing Greek inscription found in Negev national park
A stone bearing a Greek inscription from the end of the Byzantine period was discovered last weekend in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.
The flat, round...
There are museums for so many interests
Fantasize. Plan an imaginary trip. Breakout mentally from pandemic limitations The world is awash with museums. It demonstrates the human need to remember and pass on artifacts of the heights and depths of civilization.
The Reader’s...
Gush Etzion’s ‘Lone Oak Tree’ plaza rededicated in festive ceremony
After two years of renovations, Gush Etzion’s “Lone Oak Tree” plaza was rededicated on Monday at a ceremony attended by Israeli Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster, Tourism Ministry director-general Amir Halevi, Gush Etzion Regional Council...