Students participating in the Helix Project perform a Yiddish song at a home in Studio City. If you ask American Jews, or really just most Americans, to picture what it was like to live as a Jew in ...

Born to a Christian mother, Rabbi Cody Bahir had a remarkable journey to the rabbinate that included receiving a post-doc in ...

(New York Jewish Week) — In the Yiddish classes Mikhl Yashinsky teaches for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Workers Circle, he begins by asking students to explain why they decided to ...

If you weren’t already interested in learning Yiddish, Duolingo may have given you another reason, — free bagels! That’s right, in honor of the launch of a new Yiddish course on the popular ...

Kvetch. Mensch. Mazel tov. Schmooze. Colorful Yiddish words and phrases have been in America’s collective cultural bloodstream throughout generations — and many more might soon follow. Duolingo, the ...

Reconnecting with his Jewish heritage was part of the creative process for Seth Rogen on his new comedy, “An American Pickle.” For one, the actor learned to speak Yiddish for the first time for the ...

From noshing to schmoozing to schlepping, many Americans know a handful of Yiddish words. But outside of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, few people actually speak Yiddish as a language. And yet, Deena Prichep ...

YiddishPOP, a free animated Yiddish language learning tool that has drawn much praise since its launch in June 2024, is now offering $500 grants to schools who use the program. Each episode in this ...

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe and Russia, was once nearly extinguished. But now Jews drawn to the language for different reasons are keeping Yiddish alive. Before World War II, some ...

The majority of Jewish educational institutions in Chicago receive funding from the JUF Annual Campaign and nearly 25% of JUF allocations are dedicated to Jewish education and continued learning.

We spoke to the actor about being honored by the Workmen’s Circle, learning Yiddish for his upcoming role, and how it felt to film in Pittsburgh during the Tree of Life attack. Next year, Seth Rogen ...