Yiddish

Free Jewish-Books Summer Camp!

When I was a kid, I got sent to a sports camp outside of Philadelphia. Which was sort of the ...

A Bintel Brief: A Bundle of Letters

This is the first page of a comic book I’m working on. It’s based on the Bintel Brief, a popular Yiddish ...

Sweet and Sour

In my grandparents’ homes, as in the shtetlach from whence they came, the food was sweet and sour – just ...

What Is a “Jewish Bakery”?

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

Jews, Non-Jews, and Being Losers Together

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

Welcome Fellow Noshers!

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

Tzenah Urenah

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

Call Me Kalman

Exploring the roots of a Hebrew name.

Himmel Signaln

A Hasidic Take on 9/11

Influence of Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

Esther Kreitman

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

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Criticism

Not everyone admired Singer's fiction.