The author reflects on their journey of exploring their Ukrainian Jewish heritage and grappling with their identity. They recount their discovery of their gr...

Alla Nazimova, a theater star born in Crimea in 1879, became the highest-paid movie actress in the world in the late 1910s. She coined the phrase "sewing cir...

The author reflects on their experience growing up in southern Brooklyn, a neighborhood known as the "vertical shtetl." Many first-generation American Jews i...

The author reminisces about their childhood summers in a bungalow colony in the Catskills, where their grandmother would make forshmak, a minced herring dish...

The author shares her journey to Ukraine to connect with her Jewish Ukrainian roots. She recounts her search for her great-grandparents' graves in Kyiv's mun...

The author reflects on their changing perception of Yiddish, initially viewed with disdain due to family attitudes and societal influences, before discoverin...

JetLAG is an annual gathering in the Catskill Mountains that draws Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants for a weekend of music, art, and cultural expression. F...

The article discusses the history and significance of the theremin, the first electronic instrument mass-produced and played without physical contact. Invent...

The article discusses the decline and disappearance of the seven-string guitar, a pivotal instrument in Russian culture for over two centuries, now preserved...

The author describes her journey from being a fan of alternative rock like Radiohead to embracing and performing Yiddish folk tunes and klezmer music, reconn...