The Jewish Sewing Circle in Oslo, led by Jenny Wulff until her death in 2009, is a group of Norwegian Jewish women who sew tachrechim, traditional burial garments.

The article discusses the recent Pew Research Center report on American Jewish identity and criticizes its omission of Yiddish.

The article discusses the author's experience arranging a speaking tour for Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever in Canada in 1959.

During the Holocaust in the Vilna Ghetto, Jewish inmates faced intense scrutiny at the ghetto gate, with some risking their lives to smuggle various contraband, including rare rabbinic books, to save the Jewish cultural legacy from Nazi looting.

The article discusses the Orthodox Jewish community's reluctance to embrace Holocaust museums due to their focus on preserving living traditions over displaying historical artifacts.