In April 2022, right after the COVID virus sequestered us all in our homes, the Forward staff huddled about what we could do ...

Before World War II, some 11 million people spoke Yiddish, the historic language of Ashkenazi Jews. The language nearly disappeared because of the Holocaust and assimilation, but experts are kvelling, ...

There’s an old British expression, “a curate’s egg.” The story goes that a couple once hosted their vicar for dinner and ...

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 ...