Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is usually remembered as a towering figure of European culture: poet, playwright, scientist, and ...

Richmond Yiddish Week runs Saturday, Jan. 10, through Friday, Jan. 16, with one event each day highlighting the historic ...

Virginia’s capital city is having a few big inaugurals this January. Not only will Richmond see the state’s first female ...

While there’s never been a Yiddish festival in Richmond — or even Virginia — there’s a growing international movement of people like Shokin and Kraft (Yiddishists) who are committed to the study and ...

People seeking to learn Yiddish online will find that most courses meet once a week. That may be perfect for people with a busy schedule or for those who prefer a relaxed environment in which to learn ...

A new book explores how, contrary to popular belief, Christmas was a festive time for Jewish men, who took time off from Torah study to play cards and games ...

Berkeley's New Lehrhaus has brought L.A.'s Yiddishkayt, the largest Yiddish cultural institution in the West, under its wing.

The preservation of Yiddish as a spoken language gets more attention, but Yiddish once had a vibrant written tradition as well. Plays, poetry, novels, political tracts — all were published in Yiddish ...

"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," an original chamber opera, premieres at YIVO, dramatizing the post-Holocaust effort to preserve Yiddish through language. (New York Jewish Week) — In ...

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 ...

If I tell you that there are languages other than English that someone in America could live a whole life in, which would come to mind? Spanish, maybe? Chinese? Both are spoken in (among many other ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...