Tag: Warsaw

"Ladino Queen" sheds light on the remarkable life of Chelly Wilson, born Rachel Serrero, an influential figure in the adult entertainment industry in New York.
The artistic director at the Arlekin Players Theatre company in Massachusetts is directing a modernized adaptation of the century-old Jewish play "The Dybbuk" at Vilna Shul in Boston.
"Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story" by Karen Blankfeld is a compelling account of the unlikely love and survival of Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia amidst the horrors of Auschwitz.
The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts has unveiled a new core exhibition called "Yiddish: A Global Culture," which takes a relational approach to history by focusing on the relationships between people and places.
"The Ghetto Within" by Santiago H. Amigorena tells the story of the author's grandfather, Vicente Rosenberg, who migrates to Buenos Aires in 1928 to escape Polish antisemitism.
In this episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast, Julian Zelizer discusses Abraham Joshua Heschel and his journey from being a Hasidic rabbi in Warsaw to becoming a progressive Jewish icon.
"The King of Warsaw" by Szczepan Twardoch is a crime novel set in interwar Poland that explores the underworld of Jewish gangsters in Warsaw.
"The King of Warsaw" is a translated Polish novel by Szczepan Twardoch about Jewish criminals in pre-Holocaust Warsaw.
The article discusses a Yiddish play called Mississippi, which was based on the real-life case of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African Americans falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931.
Dr. Eddy Portnoy, a Senior Researcher at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, explores intriguing tales from the Yiddish press in his book "Bad Rabbi and Other Strange But True Stories from the Yiddish Press," shedding light on the peculiar aspects of Jewish culture in pre-WWII New York and Warsaw.
Dr. Eddy Portnoy discusses his book "Bad Rabbi and Other Strange But True Stories from the Yiddish Press," which offers a collection of peculiar and insightful tales from the Yiddish press of New York and Warsaw before WWII.
Mexico just elected a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known for his anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform, in a sweeping victory.
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, set to open soon, symbolizes bridging the ruptures caused by the Holocaust and the Cold War in Warsaw's former Jewish ghetto.
In Poland, there is a growing interest in Jewish heritage and a revival of Jewish identity, with people rediscovering their hidden Jewish roots and converting back to Judaism.
Israeli writer Etgar Keret recounts his upcoming journey to Warsaw to visit a narrow home being built for him, symbolizing his family's connection to the city.
Etgar Keret shares his journey of imagining and visiting his mother's homeland of Poland, where she grew up in Warsaw and survived the Holocaust.
In the late 19th century, the emergence of the Yiddish press shed light on the lives of average Jews, providing a contrast to the focus on elite intellectuals in Jewish history.
The text explores the topic of suicide among Jews, shedding light on historical accounts of suicides in Jewish communities, particularly in Warsaw during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.