Yiddish

Think Hebrew is the only Jewish language? Think again!

From 1600 to the 20th century.

A short-lived yet influential movement.

This Yiddish film and theater star had a versatile career and also did humanitarian work.

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 Yiddish word that means audacity.

The Jewish ethnic identity most readily recognized by North Americans -- the culture of matzah balls, black-hatted Hasidim, and Yiddish -- originated in medieval Germany.