"I'm worried about you, my friend." Cohen Media Group has unveiled the official US trailer for the indie film Franz, a ...

In an email to his brother Mark, Jeffrey Epstein used the word "tsuris," something he caused other Jews a fair amount of.

Columnist Justice B. Hill reflects on how everyday words — from “gay” to “tablet” — evolve over time, often taking on ...

For Negin Nader Bazrafkan, Yiddish lessons have been an unexpected perk of moving into her Upper West Side apartment. Her roommate — and unofficial Yiddish teacher — is 96-year-old Rebecca Schull, a ...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) denounced Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) using some choice words from the Yiddish language on "Hannity." ...

About 10 years ago, as a volunteer program director for the Jewish Pavilion, I put together a program about Yiddish — its words, humor, and heart — and took it “on the road” to a dozen assisted-living ...

The installation in Munich is an ill-conceived attempt to honor the Jewish humor of millions of Yiddish speakers murdered by ...

A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany, the very place where the Nazi regime's Holocaust sought to eradicate the Jewish communities who spoke it.

On my mother’s side, they all spoke fluent Yiddish. Most of these conversations took place while eating moisture-free yellow pound cake and washing it down with warmed-up day-old Maxwell House Coffee.

As the double doors of the Austin E. Quigley Black Box Theatre burst open, a flood of people from another era emerge. In costume for their upcoming performance, the actors hurry down Lerner Hall’s ...

In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their forty-three fellow explorers headed west up the Missouri River, bound for the west coast. As they met a succession of different Native American ...

Let me begin by saying I don’t speak Yiddish or understand more than a few words. My parents did their best to prevent me from learning it – they wanted me to be 100% American. But they spoke it when ...