Ezra Glinter
Ruth Wisse pioneered the academic study of Yiddish. As she approaches retirement, she talks about her brilliant literary career — and her right-wing political polemic.Read More
In Yiddish ‘Padeshve’ can refer to the sole of the foot, though it generally refers to the sole of a shoe. ‘Pyate’ is the term most often used for the sole of the foot.Read More
Born in 1920, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman embodied her mother’s musical talent and her father’s poetic soul and love of Yiddish. Emily Socolov remembers her mother-in-law.Read More
Is 'Fiddler on the Roof' a celebration of Sholem Aleichem, or a contamination of his legacy? Two new books examine the question from two very different perspectives.Read More
In the mid 1980s several key figures in the klezmer revival movement had day jobs at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. So, perhaps it was only fitting that The Klezmatics were given a lifetime achievement award at YIVO’s Manhattan headquarters November 19.Read More
Chana Mlotek, an archivist and scholar, reestablished Yiddish folksong research after the Holocaust. She was once called the 'Sherlock Holmes of Yiddish Song.'Read More
Mayer Goldberg knocks out a mean version of 'Mein Yiddishe Mama.' But he's topped by a young Jewish rapper who tells about his youthful rebellion in hip-hop style.Read More
Director Naomi Jaye didn't speak a work of Yiddish, but that didn't stop her from making 'The Pin,' an all-Yiddish film now playing in New York.Read More
Benjamin Zeidler, a tailor from the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, heard five gunshots ring out in quick succession as he was sitting at his sewing machine. Zeidler stood up to see what the commotion was about when he realized that he had been shot in his right arm.Read More
After days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Avrom Belkin was still unable to come to a decision. On trial for forcing a young woman into prostitution, Minsk-born Belkin claimed he was innocent.Read More
As Seth Lipsky details in his engaging new biography of Ab Cahan, the battle between universal values and Jewish interests was a constant struggle for the legendary Forward editor.Read More
Dorothy Thompson, often called the “First Lady of American journalism,” is pictured here in 1927 on her honeymoon, traveling by caravan with her first husband, novelist Sinclair Lewis.Read More
Morris Gold, 46, was arrested and charged with murdering his wife, Julia Gold, who supported him financially. He told police that he lost control after his wife told him she would no longer give him any money.Read More
Abraham Cahan had been dead for nearly 40 years when Seth Lipsky arrived at the Forward, but his presence was very much alive. Lipsky recalls that presence in his new biography.Read More
A man who hopes to be a witness at the Leo Frank trial in Atlanta offered sensational information on the case.Read More
There’s a lot that’s perfect about doing Samuel Beckett's classic play 'Waiting for Godot' in Yiddish. We just needed this new production to realize it.Read More
Morris and Bessie Rosenthal had a good business and a good life with their six small children. But he fell in love with another woman, and left his wife and kids to move to Chicago with his new love. Just before he left, he sold the business and left his wife and kids with nothing.Read More
Google and Moscow’s main Jewish Museum launched a virtual exhibition on Russian Jewish theater. The museum, opened in November 2012, is the sixth Russian cultural institution to team up with Google, according to the Komersant newspaper.Read More
When Dov Noy would lecture he would look upwards and seemingly draw his inspiration from the upper spheres. But Noy, who was expert in the folklore of numerous Jewish “tribes,” developed his profound knowledge from earthbound ethnography and research.Read More
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has appointed Stanford University Jewish history scholar Steven Zipperstein as its first Jacob Kronhill visiting scholar.Read More
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has dismissed the dean of its Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies and eliminated the position, according to YIVO executive director Jonathan Brent. Paul Glasser, a linguist and columnist for the Forverts was previously in the position.Read More
When Yisrael Feuerman was a child, he watched as a Yiddish phrase spoken by his father to the bereaved provided comfort. Today, he calls himself a Yiddish speaker, reborn.Read More
The New Yiddish Rep will be partnering with the Castillo Theater to mount a Yiddish production of 'Waiting for Godot' from September 20 to October 13.Read More
A haunting show-biz photo sent a Forward archivist scurrying to the vaults — and our readers' memories — for answers. Is it a piece in the strange puzzle of forgotten twin singing stars?Read More
Jews fret about the impact of intermarriage and religious practice on the community's future in America. They should focus on saving the Yiddish language instead.Read More
Lipa Schmeltzer is a true exception in the Haredi world, both because of his music and his personality. He talks with us about the challenges of standing out.Read More
Naftali Herts Kon's works were burned by the KGB and later seized by Polish Communists. Years after the Cold War, his writings are finally coming home.Read More
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