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A Yiddish circus in a suitcase

Luise Fakler in Forward · 10 Nov

Tsirk Dobranotch, Germany's first Yiddish circus company, blends klezmer music and circus artistry to revive the rich, if nearly forgotten, heritage of Jewish circus traditions in Europe.

0 Culture History

Yiddish life in prewar Eastern Europe comes alive on this website

Judah Sussman in Forward · 23 Oct

A new website, Yiddishculture.co, spearheaded by Adina Cimet, seeks to reinvigorate the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry.

0 Culture Jewish Law

Inbox: Issue 1081

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 30 Sep

This collection of reader letters from a Jewish publication covers a variety of topics.

0 History Art

In a first-of-its-kind museum, mezuzahs keep memories of pre-war Poland alive

Olivia Haynie in Forward · 7 Aug

Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar run the Mi Polin Mezuzah Center in Warsaw, where they document mezuzah traces—indentations left in doorframes by Jewish mezuzahs in pre-war Poland.

0 Jewish Law Politics

Ten Years Later

The Cholent in The Cholent · 28 Mar

Joel Magalnick, former editor of JTNews, shares a reflective piece on his tenure and the role of Jewish media in community life.

0 History Education

The “Not a Citadel, a Sanhedrin” Edition

Promised Podcast · 26 Mar

Marking the centennial of the Hebrew University's founding in Jerusalem, the episode dives into the significance of its establishment amidst a politically charged environment and global hopes for a Jewish academic haven.

0 Communities Antisemitism

This Week in Jews

The Cholent in The Cholent · 21 Mar

Recent events in the Seattle Jewish community highlight both challenges and cultural developments.

0 Holocaust Leadership

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

Andrew Silow-Carroll in Forward · 19 Feb

Marian Turski, a prominent Polish journalist, historian, and Holocaust survivor, passed away at 98.

0 Culture Holocaust

Book Review | A Language Forged in Fire

Miriam Isaacs in Moment · 23 Jan

Hannah Pollin-Galay's "Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish" explores the transformation of the Yiddish language during the Holocaust, highlighting how it became a unique dialect known as Khurbn Yiddish.

0 Holocaust Leadership

Giving Thanks to God at Auschwitz

Armin Rosen in Tablet · 9 Oct 2024

Rav Nissen Mangel, a Holocaust survivor, attributes his survival to numerous miracles during the Holocaust, including the moldy bread that functioned as a natural antibiotic.

0 Holocaust History

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th anniversary remembered with daffodils, 3 presidents and an 11th commandment against ‘indifference’

Dinah Spritzer in Forward · 19 Apr 2023

Thousands gathered in Warsaw to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a pivotal Jewish resistance against the Nazis during World War II.