Yiddish
Aaron Lansky built a home for 1.5 million Yiddish books, now he’s handing over the keys
“The idea that you have miles of Jewish stories that have yet to be told, that’s just irresistible to someone like me," he said.
Grapevine, May 23, 2025: They also see
These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration
'Sons and Daughters': The last great Yiddish novel now available in English - review
Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert
Facing a return of his brain cancer, Tilson Thomas says goodbye with one final concert in San Francisco.
Brad Lander just cursed Andrew Cuomo in Yiddish
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander clapped back at Andrew Cuomo with a Yiddish curse after being accused of anti-Israel actions during a synagogue speech.
Rescued from the archives and wrestled into print: Behind Chaim Grade's last Yiddish novel
Finished or not, “Sons and Daughters” is a vivid, Tolstoyan examination of what Kirsch calls “a family struggling with the meaning of Jewishness in the twentieth century.”
Grapevine March 16, 2025: A yen for Yiddish
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Mayim Bialik teaches Noa Tishby the rules of dreidel on Hanukkah's third night
Bialik taught Tishby that there are different outcomes to spinning and landing on each of the four sides of the dreidel.
Eight incredible things to do during Hanukkah in NYC this year
Looking to stay entertained during this busy, chilly time of year? Here at the New York Jewish Week, we’ve got you covered.
Grapevine December 1, 2024: Yiddish in Japan?
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music
Netsky said he thinks the Yiddish theater music in the archive files is particularly valuable because it was maligned by the classical composers as shund (trash) and neglected.
Grapevine, October 13, 2024 : Of conferences and ceremonies
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102
Fania Brantsovsky, the last survivor of the Vilna ghetto and a Yiddish culture advocate, died at 102, mourning a rich Jewish past.
Meet the Jewish mom whose first sentence on Netflix was in Yiddish
Fifty-four-year-old Levy didn’t hold back her Yiddish, entering her introductory confessional with an “Oy, gott! Oy gevolt” as she comically struggled to climb on the stool.
