Jewish Languages

What Is a “Jewish Bakery”?

Not too long ago, during a radio interview centered on Inside the Jewish Bakery , the host asked me, “What ...

Yesterday, I put out a Twitter call: What should I write about? The always-dependable dlevy asked, in reply, “have you ...

Yiddish is a difficult language to translate, yet there are endless attempts at expressing these indefinite words that have happily ...

How the Yiddish translation of the Torah, Megillot and Haftarot became associated with women.

Exploring the roots of a Hebrew name.

A Hasidic Take on 9/11

I.B. Singer's ghost haunts Jewish literature to this day.

Esther Singer Kreitman was a published author, but she was overshadowed by her brothers.

Not everyone admired Singer's fiction.

The big screen likes I.B. Singer--but he didn't always like it.

The life and work of Yiddish literature's Nobel laureate.

The magic and zest of Ladino---the Judeo-Spanish Dialect--enliven the novels of Rosa Nissan.