Jewish Languages

A writer who bridged both Old World and New, but fit into neither.

On being a mensch — an upstanding member of society — and leading an ethical life.

Produced in Poland and America, Yiddish film captured the diversity and richness of the Yiddish-speaking world.

The language of the Talmud, Jesus and today's Jewish Kurds.

Jewish mystics found Divinity in the Hebrew letters.

The Yiddish word that means audacity.

Some basic Hebrew words for a beginner.

The Hebrew word for city comes from a verbal root that means "wakeful."

Ancient terms for man and woman.