Linda Wertz says she had a typical Jewish family upbringing as a child in New York City. “My parents only spoke Yiddish when they didn’t want us kids to know what they were talking about,” she said ...

Read this article in Yiddish. The week before Hanukkah the Forverts shared a video of how I make potato latkes with my grandson, Leyzer. A number of commenters on Facebook wrote how nice it was that I ...

He sat next to the cantor and listened intently. He wore a white yarmulke that rose above his head in a high, peculiar triangle. He had on a brown sweatshirt with the word “Harvard” printed on it. The ...

A conversational Yiddish class is held every Monday at the Workmen’s Circle, where about 15 students, most of them age 80 and older, gather. Photo by Tess Cutler On any given Monday afternoon, the ...

If you've ever stated something wasn't "kosher" or in exasperation exclaimed "Oy vey!" then you have spoken Yiddish. If you'd like to know more, you're in luck. Along with the cries of children ...

ATLANTA — A group of American college students stands in a semicircle, clapping and hopping on one foot as they sing in Yiddish: “Az der rebe tantst, Zingen ale khsidim!” “When the rebbe dances, so do ...

It’s a mechiah (miracle),” exclaimed Leonard Lifland as he looked around the room at the 20 members of the newly formed Yiddish class at Allentown’s Jewish Community Center. “Many of these people ...

Starting next fall, Yalies can schmooze, kibitz and kvetch for a language credit. Currently, there is one main course sequence for Yiddish — a language historically used by Eastern European Jews that ...

When students show up at the New Community Jewish High School, in West Hills, Calif., next fall, they’ll receive more than the usual lab equipment and volumes of Shakespeare. They’ll be given Yiddish ...

A group of American college students stands in a semicircle, clapping and hopping on one foot as they sing in Yiddish: "Az der rebe tantst, tantsn ale khsidim!" In English, the lyrics mean: "When the ...