The answer to this seemingly innocuous question that comes up again and again involves the Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish diaspora nationalism, and a little-known protest in front of the Forverts ...

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Many people today prize the Yiddish of native speakers who grew up in Eastern Europe before World War II, viewing it as a ...

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At 97, Helene Iberall has trekked across Europe, broken a world record and done her part to keep the Hebrew language of Yiddish alive in Laguna Woods Village. Iberall, who said she still worries she ...

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The highbrow lexicographers have started releasing their “word of the year” to encapsulate the last 12 months in a single set of consonants and vowels. None of those words or numbers captures 2016.

A California seventh-grader aced “Yiddishkeit” and later the Hebrew word “keriah” on the way to being named one of eight co-champions. OK, not quite, but last week, when the first rounds of the finals ...

A smattering of Yiddish words has crept into the American vernacular: Non-Jews go for a nosh or schmooze over cocktails. Yet the language itself, once spoken by millions of Jews, is now in retreat.