A guide for building sacred community.

How one woman, in the middle of her own year of mourning, joined this "holy society" of those who prepare the dead for burial--and what it has meant to her.

A once thriving American industry.

Yiddish Godfather

Once considered the language of an older generation, Yiddish is now being embraced by hip twenty- and thirty-somethings.

Think Hebrew is the only Jewish language? Think again!

Yiddish originated in Germany, but was eventually spoken by Jews all over Europe.

Sanctifying Sabbath and holidays with special blessings over wine.

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

Links to sites about Yiddish