The text discusses the author's belief in the Evil Eye, which they see as affecting people through speech and glances, and their use of a ritual called Blay Vaks to counteract it.

The text discusses a personal journey to Poland, guided by reflections on the poet Irena Klepfisz and the complexity of Jewish history and identity.

The text delves into a reflective journey to Poland, exploring Jewish heritage and identity through the lens of poet Irena Klepfisz.

The New York Public Library's Jewish Division, Dorot, has digitized select materials from its archives as part of its 125th-anniversary celebration, showcasing 800 years of Jewish history.

Aaron Lansky, founder of the Yiddish Book Center, is retiring after rescuing 1.5 million Yiddish books and helping revitalize Yiddish language, literature, and culture.

Philip 'Fishl' Kutner, a dedicated figure in promoting Yiddish culture and organizing Yiddish conferences across North America, passed away at 97.

"The Gospel According to Chaim" is a groundbreaking Yiddish play written by Mikhl Yashinsky, based on the true story of Chaim Einspruch, a Galician-born Jew who became a Christian missionary.

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.

Influential Yiddish rock band Yiddish Princess is reuniting for a one-night-only show in Manhattan on December 25th.

The New Yiddish Rep is set to produce the first original, full-length American Yiddish drama in seven decades called "The Gospel According to Chaim."

Israeli soldier Yonatan Alman, a reservist called up by the IDF after attacks by Hamas, has been sharing his experiences in short, upbeat Yiddish video clips on WhatsApp.

A video clip has been received by The Forward showing an Israeli reserve soldier singing The Partisan Hymn, a famous Yiddish fighting song, while inside a tank on the northern front of Israel.

The article discusses the enduring influence and significance of the play "The Dybbuk" by S. An-sky.

The discovery of 2,000 recordings on 700 wax cylinders of Jewish folk songs recorded by Ukrainian ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski in the 1920s and 30s has sparked a klezmer revival in Seattle.

The article discusses a recent reunion of former campers and staff from Camp Hemshekh, a Jewish socialist summer camp in the Catskills that operated from 1959 to 1978.

Harvard Yiddish professor Saul Noam Zaritt has pioneered a project to bring attention to Yiddish pulp fiction stories, or "shund" literature, which had previously been overlooked by academics due to their perceived lack of literary merit.

On August 12, 1952, 13 Jewish writers, artists, journalists, and scientists were executed in Moscow's Lubyanka prison by firing squad, a crime known as the Night of the Murdered Poets.

"The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America" by Sandra Fox explores the significance of Jewish summer camps in American Jewish culture.

The author reflects on the funeral of his uncle, who served in World War II and was honored for his military service.

The author discusses their initial reservations about reality television and their surprise enjoyment of the Netflix series "Jewish Matchmaking."

The author reflects on their childhood experience of being exposed to violent and traumatizing imagery related to the Holocaust without much consideration for the history of Jewish resistance.

The article discusses the importance of Yiddish language and culture in Jewish identity.

The author has been selected to receive the Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish award for 2022.

After over 90 years, the lost Yiddish opera Bas Sheve by composer Henech Kon and librettist Moyshe Broderzon is being performed for the first time in North America.

Jeremiah Lockwood, grandson of a traditional cantor, has created an album called "Golden Ages: Brooklyn Chassidic Cantorial Revival Today" to breathe new life into the nearly abandoned Jewish musical art of cantorial singing.