Even atheists can enjoy these secular Yiddish poems and their English translations, related to the Torah reading.
A Memoir of Reading Together,” the author describes a familiar predicament: a mother with work to do is trapped in her ...
Yiddish World Blog ties weekly Torah portion with works of Yiddish writers For last week’s portion, the blog matches the story of Jacob’s daughter Dina with a poem about her by the poet Itsik Manger.
The novel has been described as “a meticulously crafted tale of emotional depth,” with reviewers exalting how the story rewards readers with the author’s “exquisite writing, a finely plotted story and ...
In “Unspoken,” director and producer Jeremy Borison tells the story of Noam (Charlie Korman), a closeted teenager growing up ...
In this week’s Torah portion, we meet Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah for the second time. In this week’s Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel ...
Renewal is integral to our human experience. We are dynamic creatures, just like the world around us,” writes.
Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...