In the article "A Thriving Shtetl in the American Desert" by Ross Kagan Marks, the author discusses the growth and impact of the Jewish community in Las Cruces, New Mexico, led by Rabbi Bery and Rebbetzin Chenchie Schmukler of Chabad-Lubavitch.

Mayer Kirshenblatt, an artist born in Opatw in 1916 and later settled in Toronto, vividly painted over 300 scenes of Jewish life in the shtetl, including everyday activities and taboo subjects, before the Holocaust.

In December 2023, Vancouver rabbis Dan Moskovitz and Carey Brown were part of a delegation that visited Israel on a solidarity mission, bringing supplies and meeting with survivors and mourners in the aftermath of a deadly Hamas attack.

This collection of poems by Linda Pastan, published in Moment Magazine between 1975 and 2015, covers a range of themes and topics.

The recent Bathurst Manor reunion and exhibit highlighted the postwar mostly-Jewish neighborhood in north Toronto, showcasing its roots as a home for Holocaust survivors and Canadian-born Jewish families seeking space, greenery, and safety.

Gavriel Savit's "The Way Back" is a fantasy novel set in a mythologized Eastern Europe, featuring a demon-ruled land of the dead.

The brivnshteler, or letter-writing manual, was a popular self-help book in Jewish communities in the early 20th century.

This text discusses the changing image of the shtetl, or Eastern European Jewish town, in post-war Jewish American identity.

Doba-Mera Medvedeva's memoir details life in a shtetl in late 19th and early 20th-century Belarus, marked by poverty, revolution, and war.

Dovid Bergelson, a prominent Yiddish novelist loyal to the Soviet government, was executed by Stalin in 1952.

Yiddish literature, often associated with humor, primarily features a dark, anti-redemptive comedy where characters face doom and suffering, contrary to the Western-Christian storyline of grace and love.

The anthology "Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia" offers glimpses into the diverse experiences of Russian Jews before the revolution.

In the late 19th century, the rise of the Yiddish press shed light on the lives of ordinary Jews, challenging the traditional focus on intellectual elites.