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What’s the Difference Between a Pisher and an Alter Kaker?

You’re never too young — or too old — to be called something unflattering in Yiddish.

What Does the Word Nebbish Mean?

This classic Yiddish archetype describes a person who is always overlooked.

What’s the Difference Between a Klutz and a Putz?

Neither Yiddish type is particularly flattering, but one is definitely worse than the other.

What Does ‘Balabusta’ Mean?

A one-time Jewish homemaker ideal that continues to inspire.

What Does ‘Shabbat Shalom’ Mean?

One of the most common Jewish greetings explained.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The seventh leader of the Chabad Hasidic sect built a global outreach movement.

Kaddish is a Mystery

The essence of Kaddish may be less in the meaning of the words than in the experience of reciting it with other Jews.

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