Category Archives: Yiddish

Yiddish Was The First Language Of Every Jew In Eastern Europe

In his first lecture on Rav Elchanan Wasserman for Torah in Motion, Marc Shapiro says: “Yiddish was the first language of every Jew in eastern Europe except for very assimilated Jews in Warsaw. You had some who raised their children … Continue reading

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The Meaning Of Schlonged

J.J. Goldberg writes: …“Schlonged” isn’t just “schlong” plus “-ed.” Some background: I grew up on Long Island in the 1950s and ’60s, not too far from Trump’s Queens neighborhood and around the same time. Where we lived, “schlonged” was an … Continue reading

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Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

Danielle Berrin writes: The story was their own. At the turn of the 21st century, a veteran actress struggles to keep Yiddish theater alive in New York. She desperately searches for money and a miracle to extend the run of … Continue reading

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