Arts & Culture

Todd Salovey, Lorraine Thall and June Gottleib are the three local poets to be featured in Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices’ opening program of its  2020-21 season. The virtual event will be streamed on Zoom Tuesday...

The Shalva Band will be granted a special citation for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts, as part of the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism, Israel Hayom has learned. Formed in 2005 by the Shalva...

YIDDISH SONG AFTER THE HOLOCAUST The impact of the destruction of European Yiddish culture in the Holocaust upon Yiddish song is clear: the cultural roots of this diverse repertory were razed and collections of songs...

The mother-daughter drama “Asia” was named Best Picture at the Israeli Academy of Film and Television’s Ophir Awards, automatically becoming Israel’s entry in the Best International Feature category at the Oscars next spring. “Unorthodox”...

change one’s behavior: בײַטן דעם אוי֜פֿפֿיר; בײַטן די פֿי֜רונג; בײַטן ווי מע פֿירט זיך community spread: דער פֿאַרשפּריי֜ט צווישן עולם contact tracing: דאָס אָ֜פּזוכן קאָנטאַ֜קטן For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at...

Thanksgiving is the most widely celebrated American holiday, but this year, it’s going to look a little like Passover—families in their homes, eating a festive meal separately, maybe with a Zoom call planned. With...

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene cordially invites you to attend a community reading of "Do Kon Es Nisht Geshen" a Yiddish translation of "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt as...

Shmuel Cohen, or Sam Cohen to us less Yiddish aware, is a relatively common Jewish name.  There are 708 Sam Cohens in just California and New York alone.  There is only one Shmuel Cohen...

As we near the end of October, we are getting ready for our Yiddish children's education events and classes in November. Give the gift of Yiddish to the younger generation! There are several opportunities to sign...

Yiddish Song Workshops and Sing-alongs led by Binyumen Schaechter Via Zoom Mondays at 7 p.m. ET Starting this coming Monday, November 2 With Schaechter at the piano, we’ll sing a few selected Yiddish songs – lyrics provided. We’ll analyze the...