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Boris Johnson speaks to Ruislip Synagogue members
June 9, 2024, 12:35 pm
Boris Johnson criticised over ‘Sir Keir Schnorrer’ newspaper article
Former PM accused of 'offensive' use of Yiddish term to attack the Labour leader Keir Starmer
By JN Reporter
A photograph of a business selling Rosh Hashanah cards on the Lower East Side in 1936 and a photograph of the Eldridge Street Synagogue taken in 1930, both by Percy Loomis Sperr. (Courtesy Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library.)
March 22, 2024, 8:50 am
The New York Public Library’s Jewish division digitised 800 years of Jewish history
The collection includes the very first edition, in 1897, of the Yiddish daily newspaper Der Forverts, scripts of plays from the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch and photos of the Lower East Side from more than 100 years ago
By Julia Gergely JTA
Launching on March 21 and running for seven weeks, the comedy masterclasses dig deep into the essence of the Jewish funnyman.
March 5, 2024, 10:42 am
This really is a laughing matter
Free online webinar serves up a deep dive into the history of Jewish comedy.
By Jenni Frazer
Igor Polesitsky, of Klezmerata Fiorentina: 'It's a very different way of dealing with music'
February 12, 2024, 11:22 pm
Klezmerata Fiorentina: traditional music doesn’t get more authentic than this
Igor Polesitsky, who learnt klezmer from his grandmother’s voice as well as from one of the greatest classical and Yiddish violinists in his native Ukraine, is bringing his virtuoso quartet to London
By Beatrice Sayers
New York Times building. Pic: Wikipedia
September 5, 2023, 11:51 am
New York Times publishes bizarre article claiming Zionism is an “enemy of Yiddish”
Widespread disgust as opinion piece by Ilan Stavans claims Hebrew is a language that “symbolises far-right militarism"
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pink Peacock
June 21, 2023, 11:01 am
‘Queer, Yiddish’ anti-capitalist anarchist café closes after ‘unchecked antisemtism’
Co-owners of Glasgow's Pink Peacock cafe say its closed this week after staff suffered 'harassment' from 'self-described leftists' and from 'a right-wing backlash'
By Lee Harpin and JTA
Pic: Flint Culture
May 12, 2023, 11:03 am
Farvos bistu Romeo?* First Yiddish Romeo and Juliet on sale at London’s book fair
Extraordinary edition debuts at London's Saatchi Gallery from 19 May. (* Wherefore art thou Romeo?)
By Michelle Rosenberg
The stunning New West End synagogue in Bayswater
March 10, 2023, 1:10 pm
OPINION: My alternative guide for the spiritually homeless
Where do you go if you don't feel at home at a synagogue? Jewish News' Michelle Rosenberg has created her own personal version
By Michelle Rosenberg
The Times Chasidic school report.
March 3, 2023, 1:26 pm
OPINION: Justified criticism of Chasidic schools, but unnecessarily slanted
Author and historian Derek Taylor is concerned the Times' report "Scandal of unsafe schools where Jewish boys can barely read or write English" falls short of required standards.
By Derek Taylor
The Jewish cemetery in Worms Heiliger Sand, Rhine-Hesse, Germany
February 6, 2023, 7:33 am
Germany celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing for sites known as birthplace of Yiddish, Ashkenazi culture
They were recognised by the United Nations’ education and cultural body in July 2021, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed Germany’s celebration of the designation.
By David I Klein (JTA)
Franz Kafka
January 13, 2023, 11:04 am
A new translation of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores much of his Jewish musings
Czech author's uncensored journals have just been published and include every entry of his personal diaries between 1908 and 1923
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
(Wikimedia Commons; collage by Grace Yagel) via JTA
October 19, 2021, 12:59 pm
Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive
Languages being taught - including Judeo-Greek, Judeo-Neo-Aramaic and Karaim - range in number of speakers, from millions to none.
By JTA
Orthodox Jewish men gather on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah at the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. (Photo by Ron Adar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
October 19, 2020, 11:36 am
Satmar wedding made ‘family only’ after plans for ‘thousands’ of guests halted
New York governor issued a formal public health order to prevent a planned simcha in Williamsburg, due to be attended by tens-of-thousands of well-wishers
By JTA
Books (Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash)
January 16, 2020, 2:25 pm
Ofsted exposes school where pupils ‘can’t distinguish Yiddish and English’
Inspectorate issues damning report against Stamford Hill school’s 'poor' teaching in secular studies
By Jewish News Reporter
Screenshot of the deleted tweet sent by the BBC World Service last week
January 6, 2020, 11:03 am
BBC apologises after tweet on dwindling Yiddish speakers does not cite Shoah
The broadcaster's World Service has since removed the tweet intended to promote a radio program about the history of the language
By Mathilde Frot
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