“Flaterl” (Butterfly) y “Unter a kleyn beymale” (Under the little tree)
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
Butterfly, Song from poet Beyle Schechter Gottessman; and song from Jewish Folklore, ' Under the little tree'. The first describes a butterfly jumping from flower to...
A Mayzl (The Mouse), song based on “El Ratón Vaquero”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Mouse - A mouse got into the house of another and makes believe he is the boss. The owner is uncomfortable to have him...
Aged 100, Kirk Douglas reveals all the infidelities
“If I live to be 100, there will still be so many things unsaid,” Kirk Douglas wrote to his wife, Anne, in 1958, four years after their marriage in Las Vegas.
After marking his 100th...
Telefon (The Telephone), song based on “El Teléfono”, by Cri Cri
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Telephone - Mixing classical music with the melody of Soler's song, a fox mommy is described as a very homey busy- body doing everything...
The jews’ hospital
New York’s 45-bed Jews’ Hospital opened for patients on this date in 1855. It would change its name to the Mount Sinai Hospital after the Civil War. Founded by Sampson Simson, a philanthropist, on...
A shabbaton taught me wellness as a woman on the autism spectrum
Sarah Waxman and I immediately bonded over our curly, Jew-fro-esque hair. As Jewish women have done for centuries, we swapped notes over the creams, conditioners, gels, and mousses we use to keep the frizz...
Naomi Alderman wins Baileys prize for fiction
Naomi Alderman has won the Baileys Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel, The Power.
The announcement was made at a glitzy ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall tonight.
Formerly the Orange Prize, the award is...
7 TV shows & movies with jewish themes that you need to watch
Like many people, watching TV and film is one of the ways I can relax. While I am the first person to advocate for books, I also don’t think we need to feel guilty about...
Oh baby! Rebbetzins give birth on same day
Two rebbetzins gave birth to daughters on the same day in the same hospital, sparking celebrations in Liverpool’s Jewish community.
Liat Lieberman, 29, of Allerton Synagogue, gave birth in the early hours of Monday morning...
Broytale (The Bread), children’s song of Jewish folklore, in Yiddish
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Bread - Song from the Jewish folklore, a father brings home just one loaf of bread that all must share. Each child, and they are...