Yiddish

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed - review

Esther Kreitman, sister of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, wrote powerful Yiddish fiction capturing Jewish life, struggle, and survival.

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.
‘To be worthy, every individual must work on himself.’

Parashat Vayikra: Mutual responsibility

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Living on pins and needles: Israel faces uncertainty at the prospect of war - opinion

Irene Aue-Ben-David

Dr. Irene Aue-Ben-David: Preserving the history of German Jewry - interview


Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering Jewish papercut artist, a circus clown on a humanitarian mission

Remembering the Jewish pioneers from Israel and the world who made differences in their communities.

 Tamar Fishman poses with the artwork that became a U.S. Postal Service stamp issued on Hanukkah 2018.

Grapevine August 18, 2024: Preserving and promoting Yiddish

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A man studies in a university library.

A not so dead language: Olga Miekeszczuk performs Yiddish concert in Jerusalem - review

Mieleszczuk’s performance added to the idea that Yiddish is still a living and breathing language.

 OLGA AVIGAIL MIELESZCZUK.

Worlds of Jewish music and thought

A Polish-born singer brings a taste of the shtetl to Jerusalem.

 OLGA AVIGAIL Mieleszczuk spreads the Yiddish musical word far and wide.

Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87

Forman, a trailblazer of feminist Jewish studies, died June 9 at Toronto General Hospital. She was 87.

 Frieda Johles Forman, feminist translator, editor and writer, sits for an oral history interview with the Yiddish Book Center, May 11, 2016, in Toronto.

Pulling Jewish strings: 'Stempenyu' debuts at Tel Aviv's Beit Lessin Theatre

"Stempenyu: A Riveting Tale of Love, Tradition, and Jewish Life in the Pale," delves into the depths of rich theatrical storytelling, exploring love, culture, and tradition in this poignant portrayal

 ‘STEMPENYU’ DEPICTS scenes from a Torah-oriented life.

Grapevine, February 28, 2024: Heroes then and now

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 GUY KLAIMAN with Amnon Ben-David, CEO of Eshet Tours.

Can literature soothe the trauma of war?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

 Women protest calling for the government to find a solution to have the hostages released, outside Hakirya Base (Military Defense Headquarters) in Tel Aviv, February 1, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90

Grapevine, January 24, 2024: An error of omission

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JAPANESE AND Israelis join forces in the Japanese ‘Kakizome’ ceremony, in a Japanese gesture of solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza.

The real Auschwitz commandant — and Yiddish resistance song — behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

"The Zone of Interest,” which won the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, never shows the inside of the camp’s operations.

 A scene from "The Zone of Interest"