(JTA) — Andrea Pancur, a Munich-based singer, teacher and activist who helped bridge the worlds of German and Yiddish song culture — and who served as role model for women in the world of klezmer ...

The answer to this seemingly innocuous question that comes up again and again involves the Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish diaspora nationalism, and a little-known protest in front of the Forverts ...

The German Academy (Akademie zur wissenschaftlischen Erforschung und zur Pflege des Deutschtums) has published the draft programme of a projected Yiddish Section of its Near-Languages Institute. The ...

"Knaidel" was Arvind Mahankali's winning word at tonight's Scripps National Spelling Bee. And his correct answer to the spelling of the German-Yiddish word referring to a small mass of dough, was ...

Kenneth Turan, The Times' film critic, is on the board of directors of the National Yiddish Book Center Yiddish has long been a language hidden in plain sight. Almost everyone knows a little, a word ...

Netflix has announced the start of production on its Yiddish- and English-language German series “Unorthodox,” which is shooting in Berlin. The streaming giant is partnering with “Deutschland 83” ...

A Catholic with roots in Slovenia, she found connections between klezmer music and the folks songs of her native Bavaria. (JTA) — Andrea Pancur, a Munich-based singer, teacher and activist who helped ...