Some say that when the infamous Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky — born Lev Bronstein — lived in the Bronx at the beginning of the last century, he worked as a dishwasher in a beloved kosher eatery, ...

"Completing the Roman observatory brings us to a defining moment for the agency." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Nancy ...

THE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children memorise it before they know why it matters. Then it’s off to reading, and learning the sounds of the letters and how they combine. After that, many ...

Who are you when they come knocking at your door? It’s the question at the core of “The Last Yiddish Speaker.” Written by Deborah Zoe Laufer in 2024, the story follows a Jewish father and daughter as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Magnificent. The concert version of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A recommendation that Yiddish should be printed and written in Latin characters was rejected by the All-Soviet Jewish Cultural Congress held recently in Charkoff. The Yiddish Communist organ. “Emes” ...

A new genre of music originating from Boston’s indie scene and conservatory institutions is taking root throughout nightclubs in the United States and abroad. These sounds are spearheaded by DJ Chaia, ...

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 ...

Lander was responding to the latest of several instances in which Cuomo has focused his campaign on Israel and antisemitism. More than 100,000 people in New York City speak Yiddish. And if any of them ...

The Yiddish poet Chaim Grade survived World War II by fleeing his city, Vilna, now Vilnius, and wandering through the Soviet Union and its Central Asian republics. His wife and mother stayed behind ...

When Jewish prisoners were interned during the Holocaust, the Yiddish language went through a metamorphosis — changing and expanding to include new words about their brutal everyday existence. What ...