Yiddish-language concert to debut at Beth El Congregation
“Yiddishe Nightingale,” a Yiddish-language concert, is premiering at Beth El Congregation of Baltimore. And Beth El Cantor Thom King will be one of the...
Who is Anne Frank in 2022?
By Lisa Traiger
More than 75 years after Anne Frank — the best-known victim of Hitler’s murderous master plan to exterminate the Jews — perished...
‘Every picture is a living witness’
By Fran Kritz
The walls of the main lobby of the Jerusalem Theater cultural complex are often a showcase for Israeli artists and photographers —...
Surviving the Holocaust through a child’s eyes
When she was a child, Sabina Katz was in one of the last groups of children to safely leave Danzig, Germany, on a Kindertransport...
Cruising through cuisine with Tripping Kosher
By Leenika Belfield-Martin
Imagine munching on some tasty tacos in L.A. on Monday, then chowing down on some Cantonese in Las Vegas on Wednesday. That’s...
How is Holocaust commemoration changing?
Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, commemorated by the United Nations since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance...
Tennessee school board removes ‘Maus,’ iconic Holocaust book, from its curriculum
By Philissa Cramer
A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir about his father’s Holocaust experience, from its curriculum after...
Following in her footsteps
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rabbi Sally Priesand’s graduation from the Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion’s rabbinical school. Today, an ordinary achievement,...
Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring
Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice on the Supreme Court and one of its minority of three liberal justices, is set to retire, multiple reports...
Does Wordle have you ‘farblundget’? Try these Hebrew and Yiddish versions
By Michelle Krasovitski
There’s a good chance that when you logged on to Facebook today, you were met with tweets showing off grids of yellow,...
